Teens' court ruling a blow to coal

FEDERAL environment minister Sussan Ley has a duty to avoid causing children harm through global warming when approving Whitehaven Coal’s Vickery extension project in New South Wales, the Federal Court has found after an action brought by eight teenage students.

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Whitehaven's Vickery extension project

In his initial Sharma v Minister for the Environment Federal Court judgement on May 27, justice Mordecai Bromberg found carbon emissions released from mining and burning fossil fuels would exacerbate