প্রস্তাবিত কয়লা খনি আরেকটি আদালতের মামলায় হেরেছে

উপরে: View from lower Buller Gorge with Te Kuha Mountain clearly visible. PHOTO: Neil Silverwood / Forest & Bird

A five-year long attempt to set up a coal mine on the West Coast has suffered another legal defeat.

The Environment Court has upheld an appeal by Forest & Bird against consents earlier approved for an open-cast coal mine near Westport. The consents were sought by Stevenson Mining on behalf of Te Kuha Partnership.