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Turns out coal is bad for the planet. Last week in a win for the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) and earthlings, Chief Justice of the Land and Environment Court, Brian Preston SC, handed down his judgment in a landmark case. He said of the proposed Rocky Hill mine in Gloucester: ‘Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the coal mine and its product will increase global total concentrations of GHGs ‌ The Project should be refused.’ This is the first time an Australian court has refused consent for a coal mine
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