Australia's Environment Minister Sussan Ley on Thursday approved an expansion of a Whitehaven Coal mine - a decision which comes despite a historic court ruling that she had an obligation to children to consider the harm caused by climate change.
The logo of Australia's biggest independent coal miner Whitehaven Coal Ltd is displayed on their office building located in the north-western New South Wales town of Gunnedah in Australia, August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
mine - a decision which comes despite a historic court ruling that she had an obligation to children to consider the harm caused by climate change. "The emissions from Whitehaven's expanded Vickery coal mine will only make the climate crisis worse and puts our safe future in doubt. The minister should be ashamed of her decision," Bella Burgemeister, 15, said in a joint statement issued by the students.
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