Big fossil fuel projects are no longer acceptable

In Saturday’s links round-up I made passing mention of two of Britain’s biggest climate hypocrisies – the new coal mine in Cumbria, and Drax’s huge new gas power plant. They’re both projects that have no business going ahead in 2021, and yet they had been given the green light.

As campaigners pointed out, these projects punctured the illusion that Britain was a leader on climate change, and it undermined preparations for COP26. New coal mines send all the wrong signals when the country is co...