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<div>NSW court to hear 'landmark' challenge to coalmine over climate change impact</div>

Case brought by group from Hunter Valley town, which it says has been devastated by Peabody Energy’s Wilpinjong mine In what is described as a landmark case, a New South Wales court will be asked to overturn a decision to extend the life of a coalmine on the grounds the state government failed to properly consider the impact on the climate.The case is brought by a community group from the tiny Hunter Valley village of Wollar, which it says has been devastated by the development and gradual expansion of the Wilpinjong coalmine over the past decade. Related: Labor pushes for federal investigation into Adani Related: Peabody's Australian mines in jeopardy despite minister's advice, says lawyer Continue reading...

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