Climate change: Coal mine expansion challenged in court

Environmental campaigners hope a legal challenge will halt the extraction of 40 million tonnes of coal from a mine.At the Cardiff Justice Centre, campaigners told the court the Welsh government had the authority to prevent the licence being issued.Campaigners argued the Coal Authority should have considered the Welsh government's carbon reduction targets when granting the licence last year.

The company said most of the coal would not be burned, but used in processes such as water purification, but protesters disagree. The Welsh government acknowledged it had no control over how the extracted coal would be used and that mining coal was incompatible with itsThe Coal Authority consulted Welsh ministers about the application in January 2020, but were told they would not make the decision.and that licences had to satisfy considerations such as planning, which were within Welsh government control.

The Coal Action Network argued that the Welsh government had powers over the conditions of the licence. Gregory Jones KC on behalf of Welsh government dismissed the Coal Action Network's argument as "contorted and bizarre", saying there would be chaos if Welsh ministers could act retrospectively.Related Topics

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