High Court blocks Hunter Valley coal mine expansion on climate grounds

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 7 Oct, 01:48 · Archive

Australia's High Court has upheld a decision to block a proposed expansion of the Mount Pleasant coalmine in Musswellbrook in the Hunter Valley. The ruling rejected MACH Energy's proposal and was described by the community group that challenged it as showing that 'we cannot continue to dig up coal and pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us'. The case is understood to be Australia's first high court case to consider climate change. Advocates say the judgment sets a binding national precedent for how fossil fuel projects are assessed in New South Wales.

How it is being reported

• Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change caseRuling 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. Continue reading...Guardian Australia · 7 Oct, 01:20
• 'We must live within nature's limits': High Court stops massive Hunter coal project in its tracksThe High Court ruled in favour of a community group's challenge.Newcastle Herald · 7 Oct, 01:04

In this story: High Court of Australia · MACH Energy · Mount Pleasant coalmine · Hunter Valley · Musswellbrook · New South Wales

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