Blue and Green: Friends of the Earth have today criticised the decision made today by Northumberland County Council to give allow permission for a large and highly controversial opencast coal mine in a Northumberland.
Over 10,000 people have objected to the planning application by Banks Mining for a surface mine next to Druridge Bay, 30 miles north of Newcastle.
The campaign against the opencast coal mine is being led by Save Druridge Bay. It is also opposed by numerous local and national organisations, as...