NSW court to hear 'landmark' challenge to coalmine over climate change impact
by Adam Morton from Environment | The Guardian on (#3F9GA)
Case brought by group from Hunter Valley town, which it says has been devastated by Peabody Energy's Wilpinjong mine
In what is described as a landmark case, a New South Wales court will be asked to overturn a decision to extend the life of a coalmine on the grounds the state government failed to properly consider the impact on the climate.
The case is brought by a community group from the tiny Hunter Valley village of Wollar, which it says has been devastated by the development and gradual expansion of the Wilpinjong coalmine over the past decade.
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