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The coal mining and coal seam gas (CSG) industries in NSW are expanding at an unprecedented rate, threatening public health, clean air and water, productive farmlands and native wildlife.
The Nature Conservation Council launched its Icons Under Threat Tour in Newcastle on 15 April, by unveiling a report that details how mining and gas companies exaggerate the economic gains and gloss over the environmental and health costs of major projects to gain development approvals.
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This week polling commissioned by Fairfax has revealed that 75 percent of NSW residents, across political parties, oppose coal seam gas (CSG) development on agricultural land.
The NSW Cabinet voted to prohibit new coal seam gas activities within two kilometres of residential areas and sensitive rural industries.
This is an important step in the right direction. Thanks to thousands of people like you who have called for the protection of local communities from this polluting, high-risk industry, the O’Farrell Government is starting to listen.
But the threat to our land, water and wildlife is far from over.
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Communities and natural areas in NSW are facing an unprecedented level of threat from mining and gas expansion, including risks to water quality and availability, air quality, health impacts, food production and other productive industries.
Community groups around Newcastle are fighting a forth coal terminal (T4) that would allow Hunter coal exports to expand to 330 million tonnes each year. That’s three times the current volume. It would mean three times as many coal trains, three times as many coal mines and three times as much coal dust blowing into the surrounding community.
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The NSW Government wants to develop a state-owned coal mine that will cost taxpayers more than $3 billion, destroy nearly two thousand hectares of wildlife habitat, and provide half-priced coal to our state’s polluting power stations for more than 20 years.
Thousands of people from across New South Wales rallied outside Parliament House today, demonstrating the strength of community concern about the destruction of rivers, forests and farmland and pollution of air and water by the rapidly expanding mining and coal seam gas industry.
The Government cannot afford to ignore this powerful message, according to the Nature Conservation Council of NSW.
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW has a long and proud history of building community support for action on climate change and investment in renewable energy.
“We strongly support a move away from polluting fossil fuels towards a clean economy powered by renewable energy,” Chief Executive Officer Pepe Clarke said.
The report Icons Under Threat outlines unique case studies from seven iconic, sensitive natural areas of NSW under significant threat from mining and gas expansion.
It provide insights into the thousands of hectares of rare habitat proposed to be clear felled for mining activities, the damage already being done across water catchments and the current inadequacy of mining company assessments and biodiversity offsets.
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