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Calls to scrap coal mines in Liverpool
Thursday 03 December 2009
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
In particular, the committee focused on the mining proposals from BHP Billiton, Shenhua Watermark and Santos, and the “potential for these developments to adversely impact on agricultural activities in the area.”
Local action groups and Greens MP Lee Rhiannon have also called for the New South Wales government to scrap these mining plans, Rhiannon saying “at a time when climate change has the potential to disrupt farming practices the Labor government should be working to safeguard all agricultural land.” The Australian Conservation Foundation has also raised concerns regarding the environmental impacts of coal mining on the area.
Read the full story at Mining Daily here:
http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/Common/ContentManagement/Mining/miningaustralia/04_12_2009.pdf
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