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Environment
Tracey Ferrier

Groups mount challenge over 'reckless' new coal mine

Environmentalists are gearing up to fight Whitehaven's new Queensland coal mine. (HANDOUT/Leard Forest Alliance)

Conservation groups are going to court in a bid to derail a new Queensland coalmine that will aggravate global warming for at least 30 years.

The Australian Conservation Foundation and Mackay Conservation Group are seeking to convince the Queensland Land Court that Whitehaven Coal's proposed mine will be a reckless contributor to climate change.

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