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Church leaders protest new coal mine in Cumbria

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The Columban Director in Britain, Fr. John Boles, has joined Archbishop William Nolan of Glasgow and Bishop John Arnold of Salford, both episcopal leads on the environment for England, Wales and Scotland, and more than 450 Church and Christian leaders, to send an open letter to the UK government deploring the decision to approve a new coal mine in Cumbria.