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Environmentalists celebrate after council rejects open cast mining extension
Environmentalists celebrate outside Carmarthenshire County Hall after ending the opencast mining at Glan Lash
Friends of the Earth
[Friend of the Earth]
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners were celebrating today after councillors said no to further opencast mining at Glan Lash.
Carmarthenshire councillors refused permission for an extension to the opencast mine on environmental grounds.
About 50 local people and campaigners had gathered on the steps of Carmarthenshire County Hall ahead of the planning meeting and celebrated the decision.
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