Plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria have been thrown into doubt after the local authority said it would think again about the move following widespread criticism.
The local council had previously approved the application for the UK's first deep coal mine operation in 30 years.
Government ministers had declined to intervene in the go-ahead for the mine on the basis it was a local decision.
Cumbria County Council said it would reconsider the planning application by West Cumbria Mining for the project near Whitehaven after new information had come to light.
A spokesperson said: "This decision has been taken because in December 2020, the Government's Climate Change Committee released its report on its recommendations for the Sixth Carbon Budget, a requirement under the Climate Change Act.
"The report, among other things, sets out the volume of greenhouse gases the UK aims to emit during 2033-2037.
"This new information has been received prior to the issue of the formal decision notice on the application.
"In light of this the council has decided that the planning application should be reconsidered by the Development Control and Regulation (DC&R) Committee."
Cumbrian MP and former Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron tweeted: "The very fact that this application is going back to the planning committee because it might not meet the requirements of the Climate Change Act shows exactly why this mine shouldn't be going ahead.
"The government now need to step in, show some leadership and stop this mine."
Meanwhile, youth activists have helped submit a 111,475-signature petition from the Coal Action Network to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), asking Secretary of State Robert Jenrick to stop the planned mine.
Campaigners have criticised the assessment that the greenhouse gases of the mining operations will be carbon-neutral, as the coal would substitute for production elsewhere.
Elijah McKenzie-Jackson, 17, from London, who submitted the petition, said: "In the year where the UK hosts the Cop26 summit, the UK government must call in and refuse an application to mine coking coal, showing its commitment to decarbonising the steel sector."
Isabella Bridgman, 16, from Cockermouth in Cumbria, said: "I call on the secretary of state to call in this mine, in recognition that approving such a mine when the UK is set to host Cop26 this year, and has committed to reach carbon neutral by 2050, is not only ridiculous, but actively harmful."
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