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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Georgina Greenhill commented 2019-09-19 12:12:24 +1000

Many thanks for your decision to protect Byalong.
Louise Carey commented 2019-09-19 12:12:09 +1000

Thank you – this gives me some hope. Please continue to hold the high ground.
Linda Mathew commented 2019-09-19 12:10:21 +1000

Thank goodness some common sense for a change. It would be madness to open another coal mine, threatening our water, biota and planet Earth.
Margaret England commented 2019-09-19 12:09:06 +1000

Dear Independent Planning Commission of NSW, Congratulations on a very wise ,far-seeing and just decision Thankyou.
Glenys Davies commented 2019-09-19 12:07:52 +1000

Thank you for saving Bylong!
Therese Gibson commented 2019-09-19 12:07:03 +1000

My faith has been restored in the NSW Government for its courage in saving the magnificent Bylong Valley for generations to come, from the horrors & irreversible destruction of open cut coal mining. Thank you
Robyn Carlin commented 2019-09-19 12:06:58 +1000

Thank you for all the amazing work you do!
Sandra-Lee Kelly commented 2019-09-19 12:05:05 +1000

Thankyou to the IPC and NSW Government for protecting this wonderful area and precious groundwater from the risks of coal mining. Congratulations for listening to the experts in reaching your decision.
Craig Ling commented 2019-09-19 12:04:10 +1000

Thank you for a great decision for future generations. Thank you for your rational thought process and believing in the principle of inter-generational equity and that it would contribute to climate change.
Diane Longworth commented 2019-09-19 12:00:05 +1000

Thank you for this vitally important decision! I work in the Hunter Valley coal Industry and it would have been a travesty to destroy the Bylong Valley as they have in the Hunter.
Jean Smyth commented 2019-09-19 11:59:58 +1000

Thank you so much for making this very thoughtful and sensible decision.
Judith Berry commented 2019-09-19 11:58:48 +1000

Thankyou for your bringing fairness, discretion and discrimination to your decision to not allow coal mining in a he Bylong Valley
Russell Sharp commented 2019-09-19 11:58:16 +1000

I congratulate the Independent Planning Commission on their decision
Gordon Claridge commented 2019-09-19 11:57:09 +1000

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your Commission’s decision to use real world criteria like intergenerational equity and for taking into account the long-term productivity of agricultural soils. I look forward to the NSW Government applying such criteria more widely in its decision making on developments.
Vera Gerber commented 2019-09-19 11:53:12 +1000

Thanks for putting the environment before money! Great result!!
Christopher Rutnam commented 2019-09-19 11:52:01 +1000

Thanks so much for saving the Bylong valley from coal mining. New science and technology have done much for us but they haven’t yet provided a substitute for clean fresh water.
Stephen Dwyer commented 2019-09-19 11:50:01 +1000

Thanks for saving Bylong Valley from coal mining
Stephen Long commented 2019-09-19 11:49:30 +1000

Thank you for deciding to reject the By long Valley coal mining proposal. As the father of two teenage children, I am especially pleased that your decision included consideration of intergenerational equity and climate impacts, and I hope future fossil fuel projects will be assessed stringently against those criteria.
Helen FitzGerald commented 2019-09-19 11:47:46 +1000

This is great news. Thanks.
Hilary Taylor commented 2019-09-19 11:46:06 +1000

From supporter saving Bylong valley.
Natalie Newton commented 2019-09-19 11:43:12 +1000

This news has lifted my spirit. Thank you for helping to protect the precious natural habitat of the Bylong Valley
Terry Yates commented 2019-09-19 11:42:26 +1000

I feel a deep appreciation for your decision regarding the proposed coal mine in Bylong. It is a wise decision given the irreplaceable soils and groundwater and it offers protection for Tarwyn Park , which may well be a template for future land use.
Nessie Barrett commented 2019-09-19 11:41:51 +1000

Thank you, thank you, thank you for a well considered decision.
Leonie Petrov commented 2019-09-19 11:41:48 +1000

I thank you from the bottom of my heart as the grandmother of 7 children whose future lies with people like you. Please continue to make wise decisions in making our food and environment sustainable.
Gordon Grant commented 2019-09-19 11:40:59 +1000

Thanks for thinking of the long term future rather than short term profits. I hope that principled stands such as this become common. I am sure that the children will thank you.
Marilyn Henderson commented 2019-09-19 11:39:25 +1000

Thank you so much for protecting the Bylong Valley, a step in the right direction.
Scott Marshall commented 2019-09-19 11:38:57 +1000

What a wonderful day.

This is one of the few occasions when money is not king. Where our future becomes more important than the short term thrill of a few dollars in our pockets.

Put a stake in the ground and protect this moment. You can be sure there is some legislation on its way to make this decision harder in the future.
Tracey Esler commented 2019-09-19 11:37:30 +1000

Thank you so much for this great decision. More decisions like this and our children may have a fighting chance.

Bravo!
Merry P commented 2019-09-19 11:36:58 +1000

Thank you for doing the right thing for the environment and for the Australian people.
Emma Cound commented 2019-09-19 11:36:46 +1000

To the Independent Planning Commission and NSW Government. The refusal of the disastrous Bylong mine is a win for the whole of Australia. Korea now not set to profit from the destruction of the great land that is Australia. Why destroy our country for the benefit of others who dismiss vast and irreversible damage to Australia as unimportant? Some faith has been restored. Truly a brave and landmark moment. Please keep the momentum and trajectory moving away from dirty coal energy.