http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au Changed landscapes, disturbed micro climates, loss of remnant vegetation and biodiversity, the over-use of Hunter River water for heavy industry and poor rehabilitation practices for ecosystems affected by mining all combine to create a grave impact on the environment. daily 1 2009-05-08T04:52:01Z http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/smh-scrap-coal-plan-says-rudds-man Former NSW Sustainability Commissioner Peter Newman advises the Rudd Government to move away from coal ..... writes Matthew Moore. No publisher pretaadmin mythbusting climate change coal communities Hunter coal 2009-05-14T04:44:07Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/mining-stalwart-sees-no-future-in-carbon-plan Kevin Rudd should meet Graham Brown before he decides to spend billions of dollars on carbon capture and storage. A coalminer for more than 20 years, Brown retired in 2007 and is happy to call a spade a bloody shovel. (Paddy Manning, Sustainable Investing, Sydney Morning Herald - Business section, April 25, 2009) No publisher pretaadmin environmental impacts climate change coal communities Hunter coal 2009-05-07T04:44:00Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/labor-digs-in-as-mining-companies-dig-up Greens MP and donations spokesperson Lee Rhiannon says new data released today by the Australian Electoral Commission for 2007/2008 shows that mining companies and developers operating in the Hunter have been generous donors to the Labor Party. No publisher pretaadmin coal Hunter gold mining companies 2009-05-07T04:39:18Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/greens-slam-lax-hunter-coal-pollution-watch Coal mining companies continue to breach environmental pollution licences: there were 3032 recorded incidents of companies failing to meet requirements in the seven years to the end of June last year. By Paul MAGUIRE, Sydney morning Herald, 22 Nov, 2008. No publisher pretaadmin coal coal communities Hunter 2009-05-07T04:44:26Z 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/news/newcastle-coal-export-boost-exposes-govt-deception-on-its-climate-change-plans Greens MP Lee Rhiannon commenting on the NSW government’s Hunter Coal Export Framework, a scheme designed to create a massive increase in coal export capacity that starts on New Year’s Day, has left Labor’s climate change credentials in tatters. No publisher susie Hunter 2010-03-01T02:32:39Z 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/illawarra2019s-record-air-pollution-highlights-nsw-govt-failure Commenting on today’s report that the Illawarra has again failed to meet national air quality targets Greens MP and health spokesperson Lee Rhiannon stated that the problem lies with the NSW government’s failure to adopt and enforce stricter air pollution guidelines.(Illawarra Mercury http://bit.ly/91GvQo) No publisher susie environmental impacts coal communities Hunter coal health coal fired power 2010-06-17T00:46:51Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/campaigns-1/no-new-coal/no-new-mines-map The Greens NSW 'No New Coal' position seeks to halt the runaway expansion of the coal industry. Instead, we seek the growth of new jobs in clean green energy industries to make the NSW economy more competitive in the emerging low carbon world economy. No publisher pretaadmin coal no new coal Hunter 2010-07-01T02:06:15Z Page 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