Court forces Australia to protect children from climate change 2 minutes read
Sydney, Australia, May 27 (EFE).- An Australian court ruled Thursday that government has the duty to protect the health of minors against the effects of climate change, in an unprecedented trial against the expansion of a coal mine in the country after a lawsuit filed by eight teenagers.
After their lawsuit was filed in September, the minors argued in the trial held in March before the Melbourne Federal Court, that the expansion of the Vickery mine will cause an emission of 370 million tons of carbon in the next 25 years .
Australian teens sue over mine extension2021|01:36
Students leading a class action against a coal mine extension in Australia had their first day of hearing on Tuesday. The landmark claim by a group of eight teenagers all under the age of 18, argues that the expansion of Whitehaven s Vickery coal mine will contribute to climate change and that Australia’s Environment Minister has a duty of care to them as young people. Anjali Sharma said that the mine expansion will endanger their future: “We face an increasing amount of natural disasters, and the climate is becoming unlivable for us. This is a crisis that disproportionately affects people of colour, young people and marginalised people around the world. So yes I m terrified. Their case is being heard in Melbourne’s Federal Court and is expected to last five days, but a judgement may not be made for several months. David Barnden from Equity Generation Lawyers is representing the students: This is a unique action in Australia,
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A class action against a coal mine extension that begins on Tuesday could make it more difficult for coal mines to be approved in Australia on the basis of intergenerational equity and climate change, if the claimants prove successful.
The landmark claim, by a group of eight teenagers from across Australia, begins on Tuesday in Melbourne’s Federal Court and is expected to last for five days, but a judgment may not be made for several months.
Teens lead class action on miner
INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY: Eight teenagers in a class action said that an expansion of a Whitehaven Coal mine in New South Wales would endanger their future
Reuters, MELBOURNE
A class action against a coal mine extension could make it more difficult for coal mines to be approved in Australia on the basis of intergenerational equity and climate change, if the claimants prove successful.
The landmark claim, by a group of eight teenagers from across Australia, begins today in Melbourne’s Federal Court and is expected to last for five days, but a judgement might not be made for several months.