Activists drop challenge to Maules Creek coalmine after offsets approved

NSW mine's owner Whitehaven Coal allowed to buy extra properties for offsets in what's being called a lukewarm' victory

Environmental activists have dropped a legal challenge to Whitehaven Coal's Maules Creek coalmine in New South Wales after a new agreement on environmental offsets was approved in what has been described as a lukewarm victory".

South East Forest Alliance and its legal representative, the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), say the decision vindicates community members who accused Whitehaven of not acquiring enough critically endangered land to compensate for destroying habitat. .