SYDNEY: Activists launched court action Monday accusing Australia's environment minister of failing to protect the Great Barrier Reef and other treasu...
FILE PHOTO: Coal is unloaded onto large piles at the Ulan Coal mines near the central New South Wales rural town of Mudgee in Australia, March 8, 2018. REUTERSPIX: Activists launched court action Monday accusing Australia's environment minister of failing to protect the Great Barrier Reef and other treasures from the climate risks of coal mining.
The case focuses on applications to extend coal mining operations into the 2040s at two sites in New South Wales state owned by MACH Energy and Narrabri Coal Operations.The mining extension applications are in the final stages of the state and federal approvals process. The council said it wrote to Plibersek last year asking her to re-consider a number of coal mining proposals because of their link with global warming and the likely “significant impact” on environmental treasures such as the Great Barrier Reef.
“The science could not be clearer. It’s time for our environment minister to step up and act on climate risk.”
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