http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au Mining has become the bottomless pit for major development projects in Australia. Despite scores of new projects having been approved, the question of the cumulative effect of rampant mining is not being considered, let alone evaluated. daily 1 2009-05-08T04:52:01Z http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/no-somersby-sand-mine-ever-greens-motion-seeks-rezoning In NSW Parliament today Greens MP Lee Rhiannon tabled a motion calling on the NSW Premier to make good her promise to the Somersby community when the sand mine was rejected to work with the local council to rezone land so a sand mine in the area never proceeds (full motion below). No publisher susie environmental impacts health more minerals 2010-06-17T00:29:12Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/greens-mp-lee-rhiannon-visits-calga-sandmine Following a visit to the Central Coast yesterday, Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on the Planning Minister Tony Kelly not to approve the massive sand mine expansion at Calga which risks residents’ health, water sources, the environment, Indigenous sites and local businesses like the Australian Walkabout Wildlife Park (SMH today, p. 4, ‘Wildlife park operators fear sands of mine’, http://tiny.cc/jWd7g). No publisher susie environmental impacts more minerals 2010-06-17T00:22:48Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/greens-step-up-campaign-to-stop-calga-sandmine-expansion Following a visit to the Central Coast today Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on the Planning Minister Tony Kelly not to approve the massive Rocla sand mine expansion at Calga. No publisher susie environmental impacts more minerals 2010-06-17T00:19:00Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/planning-minister-kristina-keneally-must-rule-out Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon today congratulated the Somersby community on its hard fought win following the announcement that Planning Minister Kristina Keneally has refused the Somersby Sand mine application, and called on Minister Keneally to rule out any future applications to build a sand mine at the site. No publisher susie more minerals 2010-06-16T06:20:22Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/bhp-billiton-closes-ravensthorpe-nickel-mine The Australian Greens have backed calls for BHP Billiton to do more to help South Coast communities following the closure of the company's Ravensthorpe nickel mine. "Despite a decline in profits due to plunging commodity prices, BHP Billiton today claimed it enjoyed "robust financial performance" in the past half-year," Senator Scott Ludlam said. No publisher pretaadmin mining companies coal communities more minerals 2009-05-07T04:43:13Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/solar-industry-cash-dries-up AUSTRALIA is forfeiting billions of dollars in investment and thousands of jobs through its lack of support for solar energy, according to European companies that have shunned the sunburnt country, writes Royce Millar (With Liz Minchin) in The Age, 27 January, 2009 No publisher pretaadmin more minerals climate change coal mining companies iron ore mining 2009-05-07T04:40:24Z News Item http://nonewcoal.greens.org.au/news/mining-nsw Cadia Valley Operations is regarded as Australia's largest underground mine, and could be expanded by about 50%, requiring a new gas fired power station to be built - Bruce Reynolds ABC News, 1 Sep 2008 No publisher pretaadmin coal more minerals gold gas 2009-05-07T04:46:41Z News Item