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Class action to stop planned coal mine extension filed by climate action-focused Australian teenagers – ABC News
A class action launched on behalf of young people everywhere seeks an injunction to stop the Australian Government approving an extension to Whitehaven’s Vickery coal mine, arguing it will harm young people by exacerbating climate change.
A class action launched on behalf of young people everywhere seeks an injunction to stop the Australian Government approving an extension to Whitehaven’s Vickery coal mine, arguing it will harm young people by exacerbating climate change.
Key points:
- The injunction, an Australian first, is part of a growing wave of climate litigation claims
- Rather than making the claim under environmental law, the class action asserts Federal Minister Sussan Ley has a common law duty of care fo…
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