STOP
PRESS !!!!!!
Moolarben Coal
Mine announces Stage 2
Link
to LATEST UPDATE
on Mining
The
COAL RUSH continues with companies strategically
positioning and jostling for energy resources
while locking in governments to a carbon-based
future.
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The
open cut footprint
from these mines
is equvilent to a
1km wide X 52 kms long
hole from Mudgee to the Goulburn River
- Moolarben
Coal Project (Felix
Resources) was granted
a Mining Lease plus an additional 1145
hectares of exploration licences .
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- Ulan
Coal Mine (Xstrata)
has also applied for an increase in coal production
20MT/annum
and a 21 year lease
- this involves a new
underground mine (Ulan West) and a further
extension to the open cut.
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By
2012 these mines could be extracting
over 40 million tonnes per year of
coal from the Ulan Wollar area. This amount
of fossil carbon fuel will
produce over 100 million
tonnes of greenhouse gases
exceeding the total emissions from the whole
transport system for Australia
(79 Million tonnes CO2-e - ABS
2004 ).
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MOOLARBEN
MINE DISASTER IN THE MAKING
Press
release - Mudgee District
Environment Group -
For
more information contact Bev Smiles 63734330 or 0428817282
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??Will
the NSW Government's
'Conditions of Approval' be enough to protect the
Goulburn River???
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Links
to other areas of the State also affected by Coal
Mining ..............
RiverSOS
Caroona
Coal Action Group
Caroona, Liverpool Plains
Anvil
Hill Alliance,
Wybong, Upper Hunter
Wyong
Aust Gas Alliance
Wyong Valley
Bickham,
Pages River
Upper Hunter
BARRINGTON-GLOUCESTER-STROUD
Preservation Alliance
also
see
Rising
Tide Website
Hunter
Environment Lobby
Hunter
Community Environment Centre
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EFFECTS
OF MINING
Water
Loss of Biodiversity
Social
Impacts
Land degradation
Global Warming....
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| Iemma
Labor Government approves another huge coal mine
Minister
Sartor’s approval of this huge coal mine at
the top of the Hunter Valley is a reckless act that
shows no regard for our environment, viability of
our rivers and water resources, cohesion of our rural
communities or global warming.
This
decision will put at serious risk the Goulburn River
and associated groundwater system as well as threatening
the stability of magnificent sandstone gorges along
the Goulburn River.
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NSW
State Government
Email:
Premier
Iemma
Hon.
Frank SARTOR, MP
Email:
Minister for Planning
Level 34
Governor Macquarie Tower
1 Farrer Place SYDNEY NSW 2000
Phone (02) 9228 4700
Fax (02) 9228 4711
office@sartor.minister.nsw.gov.au
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FEDERAL
MINISTERS
PENNY WONG MP
Minister for Climate Change
& Water
Parliament Contact:
Tel: (02) 6277 7920
Email: info@pennywong.com.au
PETER
GARRETT
MP
Minister for
the Environment
EMAIL
[T] 02 9349
6007
[F] 02 9349 8089
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Mudgee
District Environment Group
Enquiries
about this webpage Email
Ph: (02) 6372 2420
Fax: (02) 6372 2420
PO
Box 114
Mudgee NSW 2850
Bev
Smiles
Chairperson
npovah@yahoo.com
0263734330
Jocelyn
Hulme
Secretary
Monthly
Meetings
4th Thursday/month
4pm Uniting Church Hall, Mortimer St Mudgee (across
from Woolworths)
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updated 6 September 2008
