The NSW Independent Planning Commission has approved a controversial mine condition despite strong criticism

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated August 29 2019 - 1:02pm, first published 1:00pm
Giant: Part of the Glencore Peabody joint venture United Wambo coal mine site outside Singleton which has been approved to produce 10 million tonnes of coal a year for 23 years.
Giant: Part of the Glencore Peabody joint venture United Wambo coal mine site outside Singleton which has been approved to produce 10 million tonnes of coal a year for 23 years.

A HUNTER coal mine expansion is the first to be approved with a condition linking its coal exports to countries signed up to the Paris agreement on climate change.

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