新南威尔士州独立规划委员会已批准澳大利亚最大煤矿项目的扩建，允许该煤矿继续运营至2045年1。此决定在收到超过10,000份公众提交意见后做出1。
项目支持者表示扩建将保留1,500个就业机会，每年为经济贡献10亿澳元1。然而，反对者指出该煤矿将排放约794百万吨温室气体，其中约98%属于"范围3"排放，即煤炭在进口国燃烧时产生的排放1。规划委员会尽管承认这一点，仍以排放将在其他地方计入为由批准了项目1。根据碳影响追踪工具，该扩建项目将导致欧洲46.2万人面临危险高温，并增加435例与热相关的死亡1。
为应对环保关切，规划委员会施加了一项条件：亨特谷运营公司应采取合理措施，仅向《巴黎协议》缔约方或具有同等气候政策的国家出口煤炭1。规划委员会在项目生命周期内平均支持1,311个就业机会1。
New South Wales' independent planning commission has approved the expansion of Australia's largest coal mine, operated by Hunter Valley Operations, allowing it to continue operations through 2045 1. The decision came after the commission received over 10,000 public submissions on the project 1.
The approval hinges on competing assessments of the project's economic and environmental impacts. Proponents argue the expanded mine will retain 1,500 jobs and contribute A$10 billion annually to the economy 1, while the planning commission itself estimated an average of 1,311 jobs over the mine's lifetime 1. However, critics emphasize that the project will generate approximately 794 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions 1. Of particular concern, roughly 98% of these emissions are classified as "Scope 3" emissions—those produced when coal is burned abroad after export 1—falling largely outside the federal Safeguard Mechanism, which covers less than 2% of the mine's emissions 1.
The planning commission acknowledged this emissions breakdown but proceeded with approval on the grounds that such emissions would be accounted for in importing countries 1. As a condition of the permit, the commission required Hunter Valley Operations to take reasonable measures to export coal only to Paris Agreement signatories or countries with equivalent climate policies 1. According to carbon impact tracking analysis, the mine's expansion could expose 462,000 people in Europe to dangerous high temperatures and increase heat-related deaths by 435 cases 1.
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