http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au 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. daily 1 2007-08-10T06:49:45Z http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/school-water-contamination-cover-up-must-stop Greens MP and health spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on the NSW Education Minister Verity Firth to release the detailed tests conducted in 2009 that show children in a further 35 NSW public schools had drinking water contaminated by lead, copper and E. coli. No publisher susie environmental impacts 2010-03-14T23:10:59Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/mining-companies-on-notice-from-farmers-supreme-court-win-against-bhp-billiton Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has congratulated the Liverpool Plains farming community for their win in the Supreme Court and said the victory has statewide significance. No publisher susie no new coal 2010-03-15T02:06:59Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/greens-call-on-bickham-coal-to-come-clean-on-coal-mine-expansion-plans Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on Bickham Coal mine in the Upper Hunter Valley to come clean about its secret underground coal mine expansion plans that were exposed in a submission by the proposed Queensland Hunter Gas Pipeline project to the NSW Department of Planning. No publisher susie coal Hunter 2010-03-03T00:14:21Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/future-of-hunter-valley-woodlands-endangered-by-open-cut-coal-mining-expansion Commenting on the recent listing of three Hunter Valley woodlands as endangered and vulnerable ecological plant communities, Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon said that the endangered listings are directly linked to land clearing for the expansion of open cut coal mining in the Hunter region. No publisher susie coal 2010-03-01T02:26:18Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/kenneally-implicated-us-coal-giants-mine-plans-threaten-water-supplies Commenting on the decision of Peabody Energy to proceed with a $70 million expansion plan for its Metropolitan coalmine in the Illawarra, Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon said the project will put southern Sydney and Wollongong's water supply at risk. No publisher susie water and mining 2010-03-01T02:29:40Z News Item