Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has given the go-ahead to the Woodhouse Colliery
The former Prime Minister’s critics can credibly point out that there was one area where his own environmental credentials were more black than green: support forJust before his party ousted him, Johnson used PMQs to send a strong signal that he backed the plan, saying “plainly it makes no sense to be importing coal, particularly for metallurgical purposes, when we have our own domestic resources.
Ministers are also likely to use the Putin defence, claiming that energy independence is vital after the Ukraine invasion.
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