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The Greens, environmental groups and communities are campaigning to halt the expansion of the NSW coal industry which is driving dangerous climate change, and to stop mining damage to rivers, water resources and the environment.
Maintained by Greens MP Lee Rhiannon, NSW Parliament, Sydney, Australia
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Visiting UK Doctor talks on health impacts of coal-generated dust particles
The public health impacts of open-cut coal mining is an issue of increasing concern in communities across NSW as a consequence of the recent mining boom, and one that the NSW authorities are yet to address in a comprehensive manner ... more
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Greens media releases and articles:
Rudd’s climate rhetoric muffled by bulldozers moving in at Anvil Hill coal mine
Media release - 17 December 2009: Greens MP Lee Rhiannon has urged the Rudd government to make its rhetoric on climate change match reality, as bulldozers are set to begin construction on the Xstrata owned Mangoola coal mine at Anvil Hill in the NSW Hunter Valley.
Bringing together mining and agriculture
The Queensland Government has taken what it calls a positive step in realising its Land Access Strategy and improving the often problematic relationship between farmers and resource companies. By Paul Hayes, Mining Australia 4 Dec 2009
Calls to scrap coal mines in Liverpool
Concerns have been raised by the Senate over the potential damage to farmland and water tables from proposed coal mining in the NSW Liverpool Floodplains. A Senate committee has publically stated that it believes that prime agricultural land needs to be protected from mining developments. By Cole Latimer, Mining Daily, 4 Dec 2009
UK doctor and dust expert to speak on health risks of coal
Dr van Steenis, who has been researching the causes of death and chronic disease from dusts generated by coal mines, power stations and incinerators, will talk about the impacts that coal-related industries have on human and animal health during a speaking tour in coal-affected communities (see below) before an EDO-sponsored talk in Sydney.
Pressure on Rees govt to ban coal and gas mining on Liverpool Plains food bowl
Commenting on the findings of the Senate Inquiry into Australian food production, Greens MP Lee Rhiannon has called on the NSW government to institute a total ban on mining and mining exploration in the Liverpool Plains food bowl.
