Media Releases
Post-mining bonanza: Hunter’s $3.7 billion opportunity in renewable energy, biodiversity, agriculture, and manufacturing
June 15, 2022
Thousands of jobs and more than $3.7 billion in economic output could be generated in the Hunter if post-mining rehabilitation includes biodiversity restoration and repurposing seriously degraded mine sites for renewable energy projects, according to a groundbreaking new report written by EY and commissioned...
Read MoreDodgy Dendrobium assessment revealed: Department coached South32 to include coal’s so-called suitability for steelworks
June 10, 2022
New documents obtained under freedom of information laws (available here and here) reveal the uncomfortably close relationship between the NSW Planning Department and the proponent of one of the state’s most controversial coal mine expansions.
Read MoreEnergy crisis architect Santos at it again with QLD coal seam gas expansion
June 09, 2022
The architects of Australia’s energy crisis continue to throw fuel on the fire, with Santos announcing it will proceed with an expansion of its Fairview coal seam gas project north of Roma.
Read MoreNew report lets rip on Australia’s problem with gassy coal mines
June 08, 2022
Massive underreporting and a lack of action to mitigate direct coal mine methane emissions are putting Australia’s climate goals in jeopardy, according to a new international analysis (available here).
Read MoreNothing “pleasant” about Planning Department’s latest coal mine recommendation
June 01, 2022
The NSW Planning Department's recommendation in favour of a coal mine expansion that would send nearly 900 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and blanket nearby Muswellbrook in air pollution is an outrage, says Lock the Gate Alliance.
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