'Not worth the paper it's written on': environment groups lose challenge to Springvale mine extension

By Michaela Whitbourn
Updated September 13 2016 - 8:08pm, first published 6:47pm
Springvale mine (foreground) supplies coal for the nearby Mount Piper power station. Photo: Centennial Coal
Springvale mine (foreground) supplies coal for the nearby Mount Piper power station. Photo: Centennial Coal

A state government policy to protect Sydney's water supply is "not worth the paper it's written on", environment groups say, after a court upheld an approval granted to a controversial coal mine pumping wastewater into the city's water catchment.

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