ENERGY
Backlash over government approval for new coalmine
Senior steel industry figures rejected claims that their demand for coal drove the government’s divisive decision to sanction the first new UK coalmine for 30 years.
Levelling up secretary Michael Gove’s decision to approve the mine at Whitehaven in Cumbria last week has already faced a backlash in the UK and beyond, with John Kerry, Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate, warning he
