‘Significant legal breakthrough’ as NSW court blocks state’s largest coal expansion over emissions
by Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent from on (#6YVP6)
Decision is a significant blow for MACH Energy's Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter
The New South Wales court of appeal has overturned the approval of the largest coalmine expansion in the state after a community environment group successfully argued the planning commission failed to consider the impact of all of the project's greenhouse gas emissions.
The decision is a significant blow for MACH Energy's Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter and one that climate advocates say could have wider implications for future fossil fuel project proposals in NSW.
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