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Jack Gramenz

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Bid to block coal mine digging deeper for longer fails - You Need To See This

Consent was given to deepen a Hunter coal mine and double its output, extending its life to 2048. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

An attempt to prevent the expansion of an open-cut coal mine has been rejected despite its expected contribution to global emissions.

A group representing communities in the coal-rich NSW Hunter region took the operators of the Mount Pleasant mine near Muswellbrook to the state's Land and Environment Court in a bid to invalidate the 2022 decision allowing it to expand..

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