Coalmining
Submission: Rejecting Wallarah 2
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Wallarah 2 Rally and Public Hearing
Abigail Boyd attended the Planning Assessment Commission hearing at Wyong Golf Club on Wednesday 5 April 2017 to present the Central Coasts Greens position on the Wallarah 2 coalmining proposal. Such is the concern about the proposed development, it was standing room only. The Greens are strenuously opposed to the proposal on the grounds that it will adversely affect the …
Mine Subsidence Devastates Sugarloaf Conservation Area
28 August 2013 In relation to Wallarah 2… A large section of Sugarloaf State Conservation Area in the lower Hunter has been destroyed by massive subsidence from Glencore’s West Wallsend Colliery. A Fairfax Media investigation has uncovered cliff faces crumbled or collapsed, a waterway destroyed, large cracks opened in the earth and a huge collapse of a hillside. Damage was …
Wallarah 2 Coal Mine Might Be Stopped with New Water Trigger
Amendments to Federal environmental laws, which allow the Federal Environmental Minister to intervene in projects which affect water, have passed the Senate. These proposals are the culmination of much hard work by Independent Tony Windsor, and The Greens. The Central Coast Greens welcome this water trigger, because it may allow the Federal Minister to call a halt on the Wallarah …