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CANBERRA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Australia's highest court on Wednesday upheld a landmark ruling that planning authorities must consider the climate impacts of proposed fossil fuel projects. The High Court on Wednesday voted to dismiss an appeal brought by coal miner MACH Energy against an earlier decision by the Court of Appeal in the state of New South Wales (NSW). The appeal court in 2025 ruled unanimously that the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) failed to properly consider local climate effects when it approved Mach Energy's bid to expand and extend the operating life of its Mount Pleasant coal mine north of Sydney in 2022. The appeal against the IPC decision was brought by an environmental group led by local residents. Anita O'Hart, a lead lawyer for the environmental gr...

KABUL, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Counter-narcotics police have destroyed 106 acres of hashish crops across northern Afghanistan's Takhar province, the official Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA) reported late Saturday. The eradication operations targeted cultivation sites on the outskirts of Rustaq, Baharak, Ishkamish, Farkhar and Kalafgan districts, as well as areas surrounding the provincial capital, Taluqan, according to provincial police spokesman Naqibullah Masroor, who was quoted by RTA. Officials described the campaign as part of sustained efforts to eliminate illicit crop production in the region, stressing that operations will continue until Takhar is cleared of the drug threat. ■ Source link

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Australian High Court rules authorities must consider climate impacts of fossil fuel projects-Xinhua

Afghan authorities eradicate 106 acres of hashish crops in Takhar province-Xinhua