Australian high court strikes down approval of Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion
A Hunter Valley community group won a landmark climate change case, with the court ruling the mine's expansion approval invalid.
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Australia's high court has ruled against the approval of MACH Energy's Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook, in what advocates describe as the country's first high court case to directly consider climate change.
The ruling was secured by a Hunter Valley community group, which argued that the project's approval failed to adequately account for its climate impact. The court found the approval invalid.
Advocates say the judgment sets a binding precedent for how fossil fuel projects are assessed in New South Wales going forward.
The community group said the ruling reflects a broader reckoning with the consequences of continued coal extraction, arguing such projects can no longer be approved while ignoring their climate effects.
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- Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case over Mount Pleasant coalmine — The Guardian — World
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