‘Triply nervous’: Massive coal mine braced for challenge after High Court ruling
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A major coal mine faces a court challenge after a High Court ruling, with its planned 20-year extension expected to be contested. Environmental campaigners have described the mine as a carbon bomb, placing the dispute at the intersection of mining and climate concerns.
A two-decade extension to the life of the mine - described as a “carbon bomb” by environmental campaigners - will face a court fight, experts predict.
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