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Of some interest re ruling by Full bench of Federal Court. Article (part only) from The Australian
Court rules out climate change for blocking projects
New coal and gas projects in Australia can be approved without taking into account the environmental impact of emissions, a court has found, igniting tensions with climate change groups.
The full bench of the Federal Court has ruled it is not the Environment Minister’s job to protect the environment from climate harm after a landmark case was dismissed on Thursday.
The Environment Council of Central Queensland took Tanya Plibersek and two big coal companies to court in 2023 for “failing to protect our environment from climate harm from new coal and gas projects”.
That case, nicknamed ‘living wonders’, was dismissed last October, but the Environment Council appealed the decision to the full bench of the Federal Court. The court on Wednesday unanimously rejected the appeal.
The original case was the first legal action against coal or gas projects that Ms Plibersek faced as environment minister, and related to MACH Energy’s application to extend its Mount Pleasant mine in NSW until 2048 and Whitehaven Coal’s application to extend its Narrabri underground mine, also in NSW, until 2044.