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@PeteGozz@theblower.au

#Scope3emission #FossilFuels #Coal The Australian High Court has **effectively** noted that as we all breathe the same air, emissions from BURNING coal **anyplace** (on Earth) need to be taken into account when assessing an Environmental Impact Statement. It appears *local* is still a part of the earths biosphere. This aligns well with other jurisdictions noting that skipping through legal loopholes does not substantively alter effects on the planets shared atmosphere... You know like the way any actual breathing humans might easily notice ...

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"" The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion in July 2025 that put accountability for climate-related harm onto coal and other fossil fuel producers at the point of extraction. "We cannot dig up coal, ship it overseas, watch it drive climate change, and then pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us and won't be felt by us," "" ... Wendy Wales #ABC #ClimateChange abc.net.au/news/2026-10-07/mou…

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  1. @Bellingen@mastodon.au

    Climate litigation The climate harms of fossil fuels can no longer legally be ignored. "Australia’s highest court has just delivered its first-ever decision in a climate case. And it could sour the economic argument for developing new coal and gas projects in New South Wales, and possibly Australia." "Climate litigation involves taking governments or companies – and occasionally individuals – to court in a bid to hold them responsible for climate harms.Climate litigation is used because a court can legally require governments and companies to act, in a way that community opposition or political pressure can’t.

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    It is particularly effective where government regulation is slow, weak or missing altogether." "Community groups now have a clear, High Court-endorsed basis to challenge approvals where authorities haven’t properly assessed a project’s full carbon footprint". "And last year, the International Court of Justice found countries are legally required to assess the effects of fossil fuel projects, both in their own jurisdictions and overseas." >> theconversation.com/australias… #FossilFuels #litigation #ClimateLitigation #coal #harm #NSW #law #governance #WillfullyIgnorant #climate #GHG #ICJ

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  2. @gregeganSF@mathstodon.xyz

    Head of climate action residents’ group: "We cannot dig up coal, ship it overseas, watch it drive climate change, and then pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us and won't be felt by us." 3/5 judges in Australia’s High Court just agreed. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-07/mou…

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