http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au Communities around NSW are actively fighting campaigns against the Government's expansionary vision, its addiction to coal royalties, and the cumulative impacts of mining on the environment and on human health. The Greens use their presence in the NSW Parliament to work with these communities and help them take their fight to the Government. daily 1 2009-05-08T04:52:01Z http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/camberwell-reports-show-need-to-reject-new-mines Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on the Minister for Planning to reject three new mining proposals for the Integra, Ashton and Ravensworth mines in the face of today's findings of the Camberwell Cumulative Impact Review which show unacceptable health impacts. The Greens have renewed their calls for an independent, cumulative study across the Upper Hunter to examine the health impacts of the rapidly expanding coal and power industries. No publisher susie environmental impacts coal communities no new coal Hunter coal health 2010-07-14T00:49:13Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/mines-by-region/camberwell-common-usurped Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on the Minister for Lands Tony Kelly to reverse his decision to hand the Camberwell Common over to coal company Ashton Coal. The Greens are also seeking a full investigation into Ashton's operations that have resulted in cracking of the common, with prosecution if appropriate. No publisher susie environmental impacts coal communities no new coal Hunter coal health buffer zone 2010-07-16T00:20:08Z Page http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/macarthur-heritage-lecture-series-2010 Information Night on BHP Billiton's Bulli Seam Project - if approved, it will be the largest underground coalmine in Australia, covering 220 sq kms, and will operate over the next 30 years. This massive mining proposal seriously threatens the Georges River and will also have impacts on the Nepean River, the Upper Cataract and the Woronora Rivers, all within Sydney's vital drinking water catchment. No publisher susie environmental impacts coal communities no new coal coal water and mining 2010-07-09T02:19:45Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/govt-nile-shooters-unite-against-greens-bill-protecting-prime-farming-land-from-mining Government MPs, the Shooters Party and Rev Fred Nile today indicated they will vote against a Greens bill in the NSW Upper House designed to protect prime agricultural land from mining. Greens MP Lee Rhiannon said farming communities from the Gloucester and Liverpool Plains regions would be understandably disappointed at the outcome. No publisher pretaadmin environmental impacts climate change coal communities no new coal coal 2010-06-23T01:52:18Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/major-parties-vote-against-hunter-lithgow-coal-health-study Greens MP and health spokesperson Lee Rhiannon said the major parties' vote yesterday against her motion in NSW Parliament calling for a comprehensive population health study to investigate the links between the Hunter and Lithgow region's coal and power industries and poor health outcomes exhibited a lack of real commitment to the issue (extract from motion below). No publisher susie Mudgee environmental impacts coal communities Hunter coal health 2010-06-16T04:32:21Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/call-for-coal-health-study-on-lithgows-alarming-levels-of-sickness-and-death Responding to today's report that the massive coal industry expansion in the Lithgow region is causing a range of serious health problems for locals, Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called for an EPA Office to be opened in Lithgow and for the proposed health study of coal affected communities in the Hunter to be extended to the western coalfields. (Sun Herald, pages 14-15, http://bit.ly/b0E2iE) No publisher susie coal coal communities health 2010-06-16T04:37:57Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/coal-dust-network-rush-risks-compromising-quality-of-monitoring Greens MP and Hunter spokesperson Lee Rhiannon says Planning Minister Tony Kelly should make sure that the push to quickly install coal dust monitors, by suspending planning controls, does not overshadow managing key issues such as securing their optimum locations, ensuring they monitor dangerous fine particles and toxic dust and providing adequate resources to assess results and prosecute offending mining companies ('Rush to introduce Hunter coal dust monitors', SMH, p 3, http://tiny.cc/w85y0). No publisher susie environmental impacts coal communities Hunter coal health 2010-06-16T04:49:50Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/cobbora-mine-steals-region2019s-water Greens MP Lee Rhiannon, who will speak at a public meeting in Mudgee this evening to discuss the proposed $1.3 billion Cobbora coal mine in Western NSW, said its four gigalitre water needs risked destroying the region’s water supplies. Ms Rhiannon is also concerned about the NSW government assessing its own mining proposal. No publisher susie Mudgee jobs environmental impacts mining companies coal communities no new coal 2010-07-08T06:29:09Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/coal-mine-dust-breaches-beg-investigation-and-prosecution Greens MP and Hunter spokesperson Lee Rhiannon said a report just released by the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, reviewing air quality and the power and coal industries, demands prosecution of polluting mines, the fast tracking the proposed air quality monitoring network, and the establishment of new EPA offices in the Hunter (“Hunter Valley coalmines breach dust rules,” Newcastle Herald, today: http://tiny.cc/uao9x). No publisher susie environmental impacts health coal communities Hunter 2010-06-16T04:53:21Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/hunter-health-data-review-reveals-a-better-study-needed Greens MP and Hunter spokesperson Lee Rhiannon said today’s report by NSW Health analysing existing health data for the Hunter region draws some worrying conclusions and underlines the need for a comprehensive, independent population health study and better pollution monitoring and prosecuting systems for the coal and power industries. No publisher susie coal communities Hunter gold 2010-05-21T07:04:25Z News Item