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Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case

The Guardian World Wednesday 07 October 2026, 00:20 UTC By Lisa Cox Environment reporter 1 min read
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Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group saysA Hunter Valley community group has won Australia’s first high court case to consider climate change, in a ruling advocates say sets a binding national precedent for fossil fuel projects in New South Wales. In a landmark judgment, the nation’s highest court upheld a unanimous ruling by the NSW court of appeal that overturned MACH Energy’s proposed...

Ruling on Mount Pleasant coalmine shows ‘we cannot continue to dig up coal … and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us’, group says

A Hunter Valley community group has won Australia’s first high court case to consider climate change, in a ruling advocates say sets a binding national precedent for fossil fuel projects in New South Wales.

In a landmark judgment, the nation’s highest court upheld a unanimous ruling by the NSW court of appeal that overturned MACH Energy’s proposed expansion of its Mount Pleasant coalmine in Musswellbrook.

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