Mining company withdraws controversial plan
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Northern Echo 12th June 2014. "CONTROVERSIAL plans to create an opencast coal mine on the border of County Durham and Northumberland have been withdrawn. UK Coal has been hoping to mine more than two million tonnes of coal over a seven-year period at Whittonstall, despite widespread public opposition, for four years. But the energy firm has now withdrawn the application, a week before planners were due to discuss whether it should be granted. Kay FitzGibbon, chairman of Whittonstall Action Group, which opposed the plan, said: “We are stunned and at the same time delighted at this sudden announcement...." -
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Link: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/durham/11275193.Mining_company_withdraws_controversial_plan/
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