Media Releases
Court Challenge to Whitehaven Coal Mine Lost
December 20, 2013
The Northern Inland Council for the Environment has expressed deep disappointment with the loss of its legal challenge against the Whitehaven Maules Ck Coal mine, and said the ruling highlighted the failures of Federal environment laws. In a judgement handed down this afternoon, the...
Read MoreICAC coal leases must not be reissued
December 18, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the Independent Commission Against Corruption's recommendation to cancel two coal exploration leases in the Hunter Valley and has called on the Premier to act immediately on this and other recommendations of the ICAC.“People in Bylong and Jerrys...
Read More100 protestors stop work on controversial coal mine
December 16, 2013
Over one hundred people have blockaded three entrances to the site of Whitehaven Coal’s controversial Maules Creek coal project, near Boggabri in north west NSW today, stopping preparatory work to clear the forest. Four protest sites have been established, including one that is stopping...
Read MoreRio Tinto caught forging social licence
December 13, 2013
Global mining giant Rio Tinto has been caught forging a social licence to expand its mining operations, according to the Lock The Gate Alliance. Workers at Rio's Mt Thorley Warkworth mine complex say they were effectively forced to lodge submissions in support of the...
Read MoreMinister Hazzard must suspend Warkworth coal mine application
December 13, 2013
Lock The Gate Alliance and the Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association have written to the NSW Planning Minister, Brad Hazzard, urging him to suspend the approval process for a proposed new expansion of the controversial Warkworth coal mine in the Hunter Valley, due to evidence...
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