Britain's climate change leadership is being undercut by a government decision to allow a new coal mine in Cumbria, MPs have warned.
The UK is hosting a UN climate summit in November, where it will urge other nations to phase out fossil fuels.
The MPs say the government's decision to allow a new colliery at home will make it harder to secure a deal.
The Woodhouse mine was approved by Cumbria County Council because it will create jobs in an area of high unemployment.
The planning minister Robert Jenrick could have overruled it, but said the issue was best decided at a local level.
That verdict was derided by environmentalists, who pointed out that climate change from fossil fuel burning is a global problem.
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