Hi all, I just wanted to reach out to let you know we’ve just passed 241 signatures on our petition! Thank you so much for your support! The council has now approved the colliery and mining can commence. We beat the anti-development greenies but their last hope is that the permission will be vetoed by the housing minister (?) Robert Jenrick. We lost the popular vote but let's make sure that the votes of thousands of mining families will join us in persuading this government to rubber-stamp that decision as one step in the road to re-establishing mining for our natural resources in this country. https://www.change.org/p/cumbria-county-council-confirmation-of-mining-in-whitehaven