'So angry': Climate activists distraught after court reverses climate change 'duty of care' ruling

Emotional climate activists have gathered outside the federal court after it overturned a groundbreaking ruling from last year that required the country's environment minister to consider the harm to children from climate change as part of the approval process for a coal mine. 'I'm devastated by today's judgement and so, so angry', said lead litigant Anjali Sharma outside court. The full federal court decided in favour of an appeal by environment minister Sussan Ley against a judge's ruling that she had a duty of care to avoid harming children when weighing approval for a coal project. The court ruled 'the duty should not be imposed upon the Minister'Environment minister found to have no duty of care to childrenAustralian court finds government has duty to protect young people from climate crisis Continue reading...