The Environmental Defenders Office Queensland (EDO), on behalf of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), lodged an appeal on September 19 against the Federal Court鈥檚 finding in August that then-environment minister Greg Hunt鈥檚 approval of Adani鈥檚 Carmichael coalmine was lawful.
The appeal challenges the lawfulness of the court鈥檚 finding that the minister was entitled to find the impact on global warming and the Great Barrier Reef from the Carmichael mine鈥檚 4.6 billion tonnes of carbon emissions was 鈥渟peculative鈥.