This Monday, 24 October 2011, is Day 1 of the community court challenge of the EPA's controversial approval, being brought by LIVE, Environment Victoria, Doctors for the Environment, and Martin Shield, a concerned private citizen.

Thanks to the Environment Defender's Office, and a highly committed team of lawyers and barristers who are donating their time and talent, we have this rare opportunity to stand up for our community's best interests by directly challenging coal in a court of law. Why exactly? Because every step in the production of energy from coal - mining, transporting, washing, burning and depositing of the waste - poses grave health and environmental hazards, and is forcing climate change.