Southern Highlands Coal Action Group loses bid to stop Hume Coal Sutton Forest licence

By Ben Langford
Updated August 6 2015 - 3:43pm, first published August 5 2015 - 4:00pm
The Land and Environment Court has dismissed the Southern Highlands Coal Action Group's bid to stop exploration coal drilling at Sutton Forest. Picture: SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS NEWS
The Land and Environment Court has dismissed the Southern Highlands Coal Action Group's bid to stop exploration coal drilling at Sutton Forest. Picture: SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS NEWS

A court's ruling that NSW planners don't have to investigate environmental claims made by mining companies makes a "mockery" of the environmental assessment process, an environment campaigner said.

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