Guardian: The proposed $1.2bn Shenhua coalmine in New South Wales has been given the go-ahead to destroy the habitat of 262 koalas, which will be moved to another location if the mine goes ahead.
The decision was handed down by the NSW land and environment court on Friday in a case brought by local environment group Upper Mooki Landcare against Shenhua Watermark Coal and the NSW Minister for Planning.
The environmentalists argued the Planning Assessment Commission failed to assess whether the population...