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DevelopingAustralia's High Court rules Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion approval invalid over climate emissions
The expansion approval is invalid after the High Court ruling, and MACH Energy says it will look at every option to keep the mine running.

Australia's High Court ruled 3-2 against MACH Energy, dismissing its appeal and leaving the approval of the Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion in New South Wales invalid. The Guardian, Al Jazeera
The majority found that the state's Independent Planning Commission should have considered conditions to keep the project's greenhouse gas emissions as low as practicable, including from coal burned abroad, and did not. The Guardian, Al Jazeera
The expansion would have kept the open-cut mine in the Hunter Valley running until 2048 and roughly doubled its yearly coal output. The Guardian, Al Jazeera

7 October 2026Australia's High Court ruled 3-2 against MACH Energy, dismissing its appeal and leaving the approval of the Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion in New South Wales invalid. The Guardian, Al Jazeera
7 October 2026The majority found that the state's Independent Planning Commission should have considered conditions to keep the project's greenhouse gas emissions as low as practicable, including from coal burned abroad, and did not. The Guardian, Al Jazeera
7 October 2026MACH Energy said it was disappointed but accepted the decision, and that it would keep pursuing every option to keep the Mount Pleasant mine operating. The Guardian, Al Jazeera

DevelopingClimate

The expansion approval is invalid after the High Court ruling, and MACH Energy says it will look at every option to keep the mine running.

Updated 7 October 2026, 03:43 UTC · 1 version