Landmark climate case

BREAKING NEWS 28 May 2021 

Eight high school students have won a landmark climate case, which asked the court to recognise that Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has a duty to protect young people around Australia from foreseeable future climate change harms. The students claimed that approving a major extension to the Vickery coal mine in northern NSW would breach the Minister’s duty. Though the court did not order an injunction against the expansion, it is the first time a court of law, anywhere in the world, has ordered a government to specifically protect young people from the catastrophic harms of climate change. Read more here in an online article.