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Australia Environment Minister Approves Vickery Project, Whitehaven Coal Says
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The Federal Court has ruled that Environment Minister
Sussan Ley has a duty of care to protect young people and future generations from climate change, and it’s all thanks to the efforts of eight Aussie high schoolers who acted on behalf of young people everywhere.
The landmark court case was launched last year, and while the teens weren’t able to stop the expansion of Whitehaven Coal’s Vickery mine in northern NSW like they first set out to do, the ruling we
did end up with is still a world-first and has set a massive precedent for climate justice in Australia.
The Federal Court today dismissed a bid by a group of Australian teenagers seeking to prevent federal environment minister Sussan Ley from approving a coalmine extension in New South Wales.
While the teens’ request for an injunction was unsuccessful, a number of important developments emerged during the court proceedings. This included new figures on the financial costs of climate change to young Australians over their lifetimes.
An independent expert witness put the loss at between A$125,000 and A$245,000 per person. The calculation was a conservative one, and did not include health impacts which were assessed separately.
The evidence was accepted by both the federal government’s legal team and the judge. That it was uncontested represents an important shift. No longer are the financial impacts of climate change a vague future loss – they’re now a tangible, quantifiable harm.
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