Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate change case
High court upholds unanimous ruling by NSW court of appeal the overturned a proposed expansion of the the Mount Pleasant coalmine in Muswellbrook. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The GuardianView image in fullscreenHigh court upholds unanimous ruling by NSW court of appeal the overturned a proposed expansion of the the Mount Pleasant coalmine in Muswellbrook. We must live within nature’s limits and this ruling endorses that.”Wales said the ruling was acknowledgement that many Australians had “already suffered extreme weather devastation”.
- ▪High court upholds unanimous ruling by NSW court of appeal the overturned a proposed expansion of the the Mount Pleasant coalmine in Muswellbrook.
- ▪Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The GuardianView image in fullscreenHigh court upholds unanimous ruling by NSW court of appeal the overturned a proposed expansion of the the Mount Pleasant coalmine in Muswellbrook.
- ▪We must live within nature’s limits and this ruling endorses that.”Wales said the ruling was acknowledgement that many Australians had “already suffered extreme weather devastation”.
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High court upholds unanimous ruling by NSW court of appeal the overturned a proposed expansion of the the Mount Pleasant coalmine in Muswellbrook. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The GuardianView image in fullscreenHigh court upholds unanimous ruling by NSW court of appeal the overturned a proposed expansion of the the Mount Pleasant coalmine in Muswellbrook. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The GuardianEnvironmentHunter 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 saysLisa Cox Environment reporterTue 6 Oct 2026 20.20 EDTLast modified on Tue 6 Oct 2026 20.21 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA Hunter Valley community group has won…
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