It is the first court challenge to a coal or gas decision made by the current environment minister and the outcome could affect all pending coal and gas projects.
The two coal-mining companies, Narrabri Coal, a subsidiary of Whitehaven, and MACH Energy, have joined the litigation.
“The material before the minister and the court includes the products of the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change], which summarises the work of the global scientific community,” said the lawyer for the environment council, Emrys Nekvapil SC. Environment Council of Central Queensland president Christine Carlisle, left, and Environmental Justice Australia lawyer Retta Berryman have launched legal action against Tanya Plibersek.Under national environment laws, the environment minister has veto powers over major projects that will affect matters of national environmental significance, such as water resources or threatened species.
from the UN Environment Programme found 127 climate lawsuits in Australia, second only to the US in the number of cases.to date found global emissions were not in line with the 1.5-degree temperature goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and meeting these targets will require phasing out all unabated fossil fuels.
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