Top climate scientist warns PM over ‘contemptuous’ Cumbria coalmine plan

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Boris Johnson’s decision to press ahead with a new coalmine in Cumbria shows “contemptuous disregard for the future of young people” and will lead to “ignominy and humiliation”, one of the world’s foremost climate voices has warned, in a stark message to the prime minister ahead of the UN Cop26 climate summit later this year in Glasgow.

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