# Hunter Valley community group wins landmark high court climate case

https://mins.news/en/item/88884

- The Guardian, 2026-10-07 00:20 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/07/mount-pleasant-coalmine-case-high-court-climate-change-hunter-valley

> Australia’s High Court has rejected MACH Energy’s appeal and upheld the decision overturning the proposed expansion of the Mount Pleasant coal mine in Muswellbrook. A majority ruled that planners had to consider greenhouse gas emissions from coal exported and burned overseas, a decision advocates say creates a national precedent for fossil fuel projects in New South Wales.

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