‘Lawyers should be running to courts’ to stop coal approvals after landmark ruling, NSW MP says

High court finding in favour of Hunter Valley community group sets precedent other environmentalists should follow, advocate says

A landmark decision in Australia’s first climate change high court case has been described as a clear message to governments and fossil fuel companies that exported greenhouse gas emissions “cannot simply be ignored”.

On Wednesday morning, the nation’s highest court ruled that the approval of MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in NSW’s Hunter Valley was invalid, in a judgment that sets a precedent for fossil fuel projects in the state.