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7 Mar 2021

Australia: Teens take climate case to the courts in response to proposal by Whitehaven Coal to extend its Vickery coalmine

Eight teenagers and an octogenarian nun launch a landmark case to stop a proposal by Whitehaven Coal to extend its Vickery coalmine in New South Wales based on intergenerational equity and climate change. If successful, the suit will make the approval of coal mines more difficult in Australia.