Landmark Rocky Hill ruling could pave the way for more courts to choose climate over coal
- Written by Justine Bell-James, Senior lecturer, The University of Queensland
A favourite argument of coal proponents is the idea that if their mine is knocked back, someone else will simply dig up coal elsewhere.Mister Mackenzie/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
On Friday, Chief Judge Brian Preston of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court handed down a landmark judgement confirming a decision to refuse a new open-cut...
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