An underground coalmine has been given the green light to dig for a further two years, with the New South Wales planing commission arguing it’s needed to guarantee electricity supply as the state transitions to renewables. The NSW Greens have warned the move could be challenged in court after the Independent Planning Commission (IPC) gave the green light to Delta Electricity’s extension of its Chain Valley colliery operations, in the Lake Macquarie region, for two years. But it explicitly prohibited transport of the coal for export or any other domestic use beyond supplying coal to the Vales Point power station.
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