# ‘Lawyers should be running to courts’ to stop coal approvals after landmark ruling, NSW MP says

https://mins.news/en/item/89236

- The Guardian, 2026-10-07 07:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/07/mount-pleasant-hunter-valley-coalmine-high-court-ruling-community-advocates

> Australia’s high court has ruled invalid the approval for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion in the Hunter Valley, finding that planners failed to consider conditions to minimise emissions produced when exported coal is burned overseas. Greens figures say the judgment sets a precedent for challenging other fossil fuel approvals, while opposition leaders warn it threatens Australia’s reputation as a reliable energy exporter.

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