Government owes duty of care to protect children from climate change, court rules

Ashurst 2021-05-27 11:07 am By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

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The federal Minister for the Environment owes a duty of care to children who could suffer “catastrophic” harms from increased greenhouse gas emissions that would result from approving the expansion of Whitehaven’s Vickery coal mine, a judge has ruled.

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