Climate activists have protested outside the offices of a partner of the planned West Cumbrian coal mine.
Extinction Rebellion North Lakes activists have picketed the offices of Javelin Global Commodities in London.
The group, in 2019, agreed to buy 100 per cent of the coal produced from the proposed mine, which would be created off the coast of Whitehaven.
Activists said they promised to obstruct the development of the mine, which could begin later this year subject to the outcome of a legal challenge.
Alison Parker, who took part in the protest, said: “We’re here to send a clear message to Javelin: don’t be a part of the Cumbrian coal mine project.
“If you don’t withdraw from the project, you can expect further disruptive protests which will cost the company and investors.”
Another activist, Fiona Prior, added: “Javelin is enabling the extraction and thereby use of coal which scientists say is accelerating catastrophic climate change, and locking Cumbria into a dead-end fossil fuel economy.
“We should be transitioning to green energy far more urgently than we are. Green technology can be used to make steel and it can also provide far more well-paying, environmentally-sustainable jobs for Cumbria in the meantime.”
West Cumbria Mining said the mine would create around 500 new jobs but activists question how many local people would be employed.
