A top court in the Netherlands on Friday rejected the latest attempt by environmentalists to block the construction of a coal-fired power plant of utility RWE, although the project's future is not yet assured.

Greenpeace had filed a request with the Council of State, the highest Dutch administrative court, asking it to prevent the German power company from carrying out further building work on the project at Eemshaven, in the north of the country. But on Friday the court, noting that RWE had offered to suspend some of the construction until a decision on the project by the province of Groningen had been made, said there was no reason to issue a moratorium on building works for now. Greenpeace and other environmental groups had argued that the court had to block construction given that last week the same court annulled the environmental permits for the plant, which is to be built near a UNESCO world heritage site.

(Sourced from Reuters)