Conservation group Coast and Country said thatit has filed an appeal to theSupreme Court of Queenslandfor a judicial review.
Queensland's Department of Environment and Heritage Protection granted theenvironmental permit for the coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin in February this year.
"Coast and Country has taken this step because the department failed in its obligations under the Environmental Protection Act to consider Ecologically Sustainable Development," according to Derec Davies of Coast and Country.
"Our appeal to the Supreme Court is simple. We have laws to protect the environment that we rely on for our food, clean water, and the air we breathe; and that supports our unique biodiversity. In our opinion, the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has made an error of law.
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"The department cannot just ignore those laws and allow the big end of town to develop a huge, polluting coal mine that will create catastrophic environmental harm both now and into the future," he said.
An Adani spokesperson, however,said, "Notwithstanding this challenge, Adani stands ready to deliver on its plans to build a long term future with Queensland."
"As it relates to Carmichael, the approvals given are the most strict and rigorous of their kind ever given for a single development. Adani has for some time warned of the threat to major, job-creating projects proceeding in Queensland being endless appeals to thorough, detailed and considered science-based approvals," Adani's spokesperson said.
Adani's plan to build one of the world's biggest coal mines in Australia has been hampered time and again. A federal court in August last year had revoked the original approval due toenvironmental concerns.
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The green group also said, "...We are in the middle of a horrific coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef, driven by global warming. The coal from the Carmichael mine will generate 4.7 billion tonnes of carbon pollution during its lifetime. This pollution will cause our oceans to acidify and warm further, potentially destroying our precious reef".