‘Groundbreaking’: High Court quashes coal mine expansion over climate emissions
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Australia’s High Court has overturned an expansion approval for a coal mine in the NSW Hunter region, citing climate emissions. The ruling has prompted calls from the Coalition and minerals industry for new laws, putting climate policy and mining regulation in focus.
The Coalition and the minerals lobby are calling for urgent new laws to address the decision over a mine in the political battleground of the NSW Hunter region.
Politics Commodities Energy High Court coal mine climate emissions Hunter region mining regulation Australia