In response Just Stop Oil said opening a new coal mine in Cumbria was “total madness”.
Permission for the mine near Whitehaven was given in December 2022, making it the first new coal mine to be approved in 30 years.
Supporters welcomed promised jobs but critics argued at the time it would undermine climate change targets.
Just Stop Oil questioned whether Mr Jenkinson’s tirade in response to their actions was the “standard of adolescent response” constituents deserved.
A spokesman said: “Opening a new coal mine as our climate spins out of control is total madness.
“The British steel industry does not want this mine for coking coal.
“It’s time ordinary people held “plonkers” like Mark Jenkinson to account, because at the moment politics is failing us.”
In response to the MP’s claims about driving cars and using other polluting materials, the group said: “For the record, he hasn’t a clue how our people got there.”
