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Max Aldred

Local environmentalists trump coal mine in High Court

The High Court has ruled a open-cut mine's expansion needs to take total emissions into account. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's highest court has upheld a first-of-its-kind climate change bid to overturn a major coal mine expansion.

MACH Energy sought to extend the life of Mount Pleasant coal mine in NSW by 22 years and nearly double its yearly output.

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