Clean skies to save lives - cut coal mine pollution

Did you know that coal mining is the largest single source of particulate pollution in NSW and that each year this kind of air pollution causes more than 1,000 premature deaths nationally, and more than a thousand hospital admission for children under 14?

The NSW Government wants to hear from the public about air pollution, so let's take the opportunity to tell them to crack down on coal mine pollution to clean the skies and save lives.

In the last ten years, an intensification of open-cut coal mining in the Hunter Valley has coinciding with an accelerated increase ...

Did you know that coal mining is the largest single source of particulate pollution in NSW and that each year this kind of air pollution causes more than 1,000 premature deaths nationally, and more than a thousand hospital admission for children under 14?

The NSW Government wants to hear from the public about air pollution, so let's take the opportunity to tell them to crack down on coal mine pollution to clean the skies and save lives.

In the last ten years, an intensification of open-cut coal mining in the Hunter Valley has coinciding with an accelerated increase in dust particle pollution, which is damaging people’s health in the Hunter Valley and beyond.

EPA modelling shows that the national standard for the smallest and most dangerous of these (particles of less than 2.5 microns in diameter, called PM2.5) “is unlikely to be attained in Singleton and Muswellbrook into the future as coal production in the Hunter Valley is expected to continue to increase.”

The modelling showed we need to halve human-produced sources of this pollution to meet national air quality standards in the Hunter's two biggest towns.

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Tell the EPA to clean up coal pollution

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Make a submission to the NSW EPA's Clean Air Plan telling them you want them to take action to clean up the air pollution from coal mining.

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If you want to read more about the process, you can visit the EPA website here: http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/air/clean-air-nsw.htm

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Dear EPA,

Thank you for developing a Clean Air Plan for NSW. I support action to control air pollution from coal mining.

- The Government must achieve the 50% reduction in particle pollution that the EPA says is necessary to meet air quality standards in the Hunter Valley even if this means a reduction in the scale of coal mining.
- I support NSW expanding and strengthening the load-based licencing scheme by applying it to coal mining and making sure the fees they pay for particulate and other air and water pollution reflect the damage it does in the broader community.
- The EPA should manage the Hunter Valley as a “critical zone” for air pollution and coordinate load-based licencing of air pollution with tight limits imposed via other licences and the development consent process to ensure national standards are being met.
- I support increased action to reduce particulate emissions from coal mining, including controls on off-road diesel engines, set-backs for coal mines from villages and sensitive land uses and a limit on the overall number and scale of coal mining that can be undertaken at any time.
I support action to reduce emissions from coal fired power stations. The ten-year time frame proposed by the clean air plan complements the time frame needed for implementation of our greenhouse and climate change commitments.

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