Court Overturns Massive Coal Mine Approval on Climate Grounds
MOUNT PLEASANT COAL MINE NEAR MUSWELLBROOK, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, JUL 24 – The NSW Court of Appeal found the Independent Planning Commission failed to consider climate impacts from exported coal, halting a 247 million tonne expansion until 2048, court documents show.
- A Hunter Valley community group won a legal challenge to halt a significant coal mine expansion in New South Wales.
- The New South Wales Court of Appeal ruled that the Independent Planning Commission's approval was invalid, stating it failed to consider climate impacts.
- Wendy Wales of the Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Environment Group described the ruling as a "landmark case" for the environment.
- Environmental lawyer Elaine Johnson stated that this ruling could change how the New South Wales Government deals with emissions from coal mines.
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