A New South Wales judge (an ex-solicitor and activist from the Environmental Defenders Office) has stopped development of the small Rocky Hill coking coal mine because the Commonwealth Government has signed the Paris Climate agreement which requires “rapid and deep reduction in green house gas emissions”.
Two things are obvious.
Firstly, this decision must be appealed and overturned.
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