Approval of NSW’s Largest Coal Mine Exposes a Failure of Climate Governance
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The Independent Planning Commission approved a 19-year extension of the Hunter Valley Operations mine despite accepting it would generate 809m tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution. It found the mine’s revenue, regional economic role and 1,500 livelihoods outweighed the climate harm.
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