Thanks for saving Bylong!

Please write a very short message, in your own words, to the Independent Planning Commission and the NSW Government for rejecting the risky Bylong coal mine. Congratulate them for listening to the experts and protecting this incredible area for its rich soils, precious groundwater and unique heritage values. This means the historic Tarwyn Park property, the home of Natural Sequence Farming, will not be mined.

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Michael Neal commented 2019-09-19 17:49:27 +1000

Well done!

Spread the word around Australia AND the globe. There are alternatives that can minimise destruction of the ecosystems and reduce climate change.
Kathryn Lai commented 2019-09-19 17:47:31 +1000

Thank you so much and now can we please call a stop to any further coal mines- we literally can’t afford them.
Douglas Aitken commented 2019-09-19 17:45:35 +1000

Brilliant decision. Thank you for saving Bylong. You are legends.
Fiona Ball commented 2019-09-19 17:42:37 +1000

Thank you for your wisdom in rejecting the mine at Bylong. Your grandchildren will celebrate you.
Kathryn Bourke commented 2019-09-19 17:39:05 +1000

That’s a very forward thinking decision. One that our future generations will thsnk you for. I think you could use the same reasoning to reject the Wallarah 2 longwall mine in the Yarramalong Valley.
Brian Murray commented 2019-09-19 17:38:49 +1000

Thank you for saving our precious farming land.
Sarah Buchansn commented 2019-09-19 17:37:34 +1000

Thankyou for your common sense decision.

Keep it up…. we are celebrating a common sense atmosphere in your thinking.
Charles Morris commented 2019-09-19 17:37:01 +1000

I would like to thank you for making a truely great decision for the future of Australians and our planet. I wish our Liberal Government would act with such conscience.
Hugh Vaughan commented 2019-09-19 17:36:58 +1000

To the IPC. Congratulations on your decision on Kepco’s Bylong coal mine proposal. This is one of many decisions and acts that have been and will be made that will contribute to turning the climate-change ship around and its importance cannot be underestimated. People of Australia, the world, their children and generations to come depend on more and more enlightened and principled decisions like this. Once more, congratulations and thank you.
Duncan Reilly commented 2019-09-19 17:35:57 +1000

Good on you for listening to the experts and rejecting the Bylong Coal Mine.
Brian Beaven commented 2019-09-19 17:35:43 +1000

I am pleased to see the Commission has taken a long term view on the negative effects of a coal mine on our environment rather than being swayed by short term financial gain.
Carolyn Holland commented 2019-09-19 17:34:52 +1000

At a time when I despair for the future of my grandchildren your decision to reject the Bylong coal mine provides hope that the environment is considered by some decision makers to be in our sacred trust and we all have an obligation to look after it for future generations of people, fauna and flora. Thankyou.
Nell Schofield commented 2019-09-19 17:32:39 +1000

Bylong belongs to the people. Thank you for sparing this singularly beautiful valley from the ravages of coal mining which fuels global warming and mass extinction. With more decisions like this we may even stand a chance of survival.
Lisa Cannon commented 2019-09-19 17:30:18 +1000

Thankyou!
Annie Gilchrist commented 2019-09-19 17:28:01 +1000

Thanks for such an awesome decision !!!! Our future generations will be safe now. Happy days 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Joan Calcutt commented 2019-09-19 17:25:55 +1000

Congratulations for listening and acting to reject the Bylong coal mine and protecting ground water and the environment.
Anne Poole commented 2019-09-19 17:24:22 +1000

Thanks for listening to the people and saving our land for future generations.
Leone Baxter commented 2019-09-19 17:23:01 +1000

It’s a wonderful thing that some official bodies are seeing sense. Our world is in serious trouble because of greed and it warms my heart to see such a positive decision for our environment.
Betty King commented 2019-09-19 17:21:54 +1000

Wonderful commonsense decision. We need agricultural land and clean water not mines polluting the world.
Dominic Case commented 2019-09-19 17:21:48 +1000

Good decision. The long-term impacts of mining coal in this district – or anywhere – , have been given their proper weighting against any short-term financial gain for the mining company.
Margie Figtree commented 2019-09-19 17:21:36 +1000

At last, something to celebrate ! Well done, what a wonderful precedent in the struggle to save the planet !
David Fawcett commented 2019-09-19 17:21:33 +1000

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Antony Brooks commented 2019-09-19 17:15:46 +1000

Some Sanity Fora welcome change WELL DONE.
Martin Wesley-Smith commented 2019-09-19 17:13:13 +1000

A big THANK YOU to the Independent Planning Commission and the NSW Government for rejecting the proposed Bylong coal mine! These days one assumes that big projects like this, backed by millions of dollars, will automatically be approved (after some pretence that the community is being listened to), so it’s a great relief to read that common sense has, in this case, prevailed. Congratulations to all those who fought long and hard for this result.
David Chiffey commented 2019-09-19 17:13:10 +1000

A sensible decision for our future generations. Well done
Karen Cleveland commented 2019-09-19 17:09:28 +1000

Thank you for acting in the interests of the land and the people instead of someone’s pocket.
Dian Trewartha commented 2019-09-19 17:08:27 +1000

Thankyou for making a decision that is long term benefit for environment & people instead of short term dollar gain. You’ve set the standard. Thankyou once again.
Sharyn Lituri commented 2019-09-19 17:08:04 +1000

Thank you so much for protecting the water table in Bylong. Water security and thus food security for NSW and indeed Australia is of utmost importance considering our country is in the grip of severe drought. One thing is certain, even if the current drought breaks there will be more droughts in the future. Thank you, thank you!
Lee Rodger commented 2019-09-19 17:07:41 +1000

we are very grateful that you have reached this decision about the Bylong Valley. It is a delightful area full of so much significance.

May there be many more decisions that favour the keeping of the present landscape despit what may lie under it.
Andrew Humphreys commented 2019-09-19 17:06:16 +1000

Thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou forever, for your integrity and vision