The U.S. Supreme Court revived a lawsuit Wednesday by a group of fisherman in Gujarat, India, who say a coal-fired power plant is threatening their way of life.

Budha Ismail Jam is the lead plaintiff in the case, which says that opening of the $4.14 billion Tata Mundra Plant in 2013 has degraded local air quality and severely damaged the marine ecosystem. Locals blame hot water from the plant’s cooling system with depressing the fish catch near the shore, and they say the water-intake channel polluted their groundwater with saltwater, making irrigation and drinking impossible.

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The ruling sparked applause from EarthRights International, which represents the villagers alongside attorneys at Stanford Law School’s Supreme Court Clinic.