Climate change impact won't play into coal, gas approvals after major court blow for environmentalists

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The Federal Court has ruled that Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek does not have to consider the environmental impacts of emissions when approving coal and gas projects.

Under the current environmental laws, the minister does not have to directly consider the contributions that emissions from a coal or gas project would have on matters of national environmental significance, such as protected animals, plants, and places.Last year the Environmental Council of Central Queensland took the minister to court over two coal mine extensions in New South Wales.

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