Seabed miner wins right to appeal

Seabed miner wins right to appeal
Staff reporters
Trans-Tasman Resources has won its bid for an appeal that may keep its seabed mining aspirations alive.The Supreme Court has granted the company leave to appeal an unfavourable decision from the Court of Appeal in April.That ruling had overturned the consents the Environmental Protection Authority granted in 2017 for a seabed mining project off the southern Taranaki coast and ordered the EPA to consider the proposal again.Greenpeace and Kiwis Against Seabed Mining said they would “vigorously” defend the Court of Appeal’s &ldqu...