Judge ‘not following’ government’s argument backing coal expansion in climate class action

Ashurst 2021-03-03 6:23 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen | Melbourne

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The Federal Government has argued a class action against the expansion of a northern NSW mine has “conspicuously failed” to show that the emissions would contribute to “catastrophic harm”, but a judge has questioned the Commonwealth’s contention that other countries would be responsible for the emissions.

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