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25.01.2022 She's had her water supply contaminated by coalmining, her milk rendered undrinkable, and watched her property be coated in coal dust. Meet 83-year-old farmer Wendy Bowman, who refused to sell her Hunter Valley property to make way for a coalmine.
23.01.2022 Prime Minister Turnbull has announced 457 visas will be abolished. Report on 7 News at 6pm. www.7news.com.au/sydney... #auspol #7News
22.01.2022 Isn't it funny how Hume Coal says "stick to the facts", when all the information about mitigating the risk of a coal dust explosion and the potential impact on ...the main Sydney - Canberra - Melbourne highway comes from their own EIS report! Is Hume Coal saying their EIS is not to be believed??? #90Days #WeWontBeSilenced #Battle4Berrima #HumeCoalThreat #WaterNotCoal #SaveTheSouthernHighlands #WrongMineWrongPlace #LockTheGate #WaterNotHumeCoal #CoalFreeSH #stopminingthesydneywatercatchment #nswpol #shapedbysustainability #supportlocal #localbusiness #localnotmining See more
20.01.2022 BREAKING: Hume Coal admits that drivers across the Highlands will experience growing delays at the region’s rail crossings. A review of the Hume Coal EIS shows... that the total time rail crossings between Moss Vale and Robertson are closed, will increase by a third from 69 minutes to 93 minutes each and every day. What impact will this have on our emergency services if the Berejiklian Government approves the Korean owned Hume Coal proposal?
19.01.2022 It's not every day our Director of Research fact-checks the Prime Minister on national television... MALCOLM TURNBULL: The [Adani coal mine] project, if it is b...uilt, will create tens of thousands of jobs. It will generate over the course of its life an enormous amount in taxes and in royalties: revenues for federal and state governments. ANDREW PROBYN: How many jobs was that again? MALCOLM TURNBULL: Tens of thousands of jobs. ROD CAMPBELL, THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE: The 10,000 job estimate comes from a modelling exercise that Adani itself disowned in court. They knew it wouldn't stack up in court, so they brought in another economist to do a different kind of modelling, and his estimate was a little under 1,500. Adani have stated their intention to automate the entire project "from pit to port." That's their words. They're intending to use remote-controlled or robot-controlled trucks, trains and loaders. Their stated intention is to reduce the amount of employment involved in this project. Watch the 7.30 story in full, here > http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2017/s4652955.htm
18.01.2022 Another Highlands village has been declared a ‘coal free community’.
16.01.2022 Just a reminder folks, we don't tolerate swearing or abuse on this page and any post containing any of the above may be removed by the administrators. This is a community page so respect for all is a must!
15.01.2022 Bill Ryan, a veteran of the Kokoda campaign, now 95, says "We went away to save Australia"... "If we don't put a stop to these megamineswe'll end up with a great catastrophe for Australia." #StopAdani www.lockthegate.org.au/stop_adani_wrecking_our_water
14.01.2022 Nine things from the EIS... This statement: ..it is not anticipated that the proposed project will cause any significant adverse impacts to the local environmen...t or community... Kinda doesn't fit these statements 1. Treatment and release to Oldbury Creek was also considerd as an option for managing surplus water....treatment and release to Oldbury Creek may be required for those years where surpluses occur. 2...it is predicted that 93 private landholder bores on 71 properties will experience a drawdown of 2 m or more due to the project. The average duration of drawdown on the 93 affected bores is predicted to be 36 years, with the maximum duration being 65 years... 3. When mining ceases there will be a change to the LSC class over 58 ha of land disturbed within the former surface infrastructure area. The original land classes in this area (3 ha of Class 3, 37 ha of Class 4 and 18 ha of Class 5) will change to Class 6 largely due to a change in soil depth. 4. There will be some agricultural production losses during the construction and operation of the project, estimated at approximately $2 million in net present value... 5. Residual or unavoidable impacts include the removal of 64 paddock trees which may provide habitat for some threatened species. 6.As the coal seam is hydraulically connected to the overlying Hawkesbury Sandstone, some level of drawdown due to depressurisation of the target coal seam will occur. 7. The final closure and decommissioning phase will have net social costs. It will result in a loss of jobs and a consequent decline in economic activity. 8. An Aboriginal cultural heritage assessment found the project’s impact on Aboriginal cultural heritage values at a landscape level...20 sites will be disturbed to some degree by the surface infrastructure area... 9. The project is justified on economic, social and environmental grounds.
13.01.2022 Here's a helpful video which explains how coal mine rehabilitation works using the metaphor of a large heavy thing in a washing machine in someone's backyard. T...he washing machine is the mine site and you'll see it's not harmed, hardly much, by the low impact, delicates wash cycle, coal extraction process. See more
08.01.2022 IMPORTANT: For anyone interested in writing a submission in response to Hume Coal's EIS, Battle for Berrima will be holding a series of submission writing works...hops in May throughout the Southern Highlands. Proposed dates and locations are: 13/5 Berrima 20/5 Bowral 20/5 Burrawang 21/5 Berrima markets 25/5 Moss Vale 27/5 Berrima More details to come! https://www.battleforberrima.com.au/events
06.01.2022 ACT NOW: Share to shame and #StopAdani! Our new images reveal thick coal sludge flowed from Adani's Abbot Point into Reef waters, wetlands and turtle-nesting g...rounds. If you can tag Malcolm Turnbull and Annastacia Palaszczuk MP in your post - to show why we can't trust Adani - even better! Learn more >> http://bit.ly/2p3Nlkj
06.01.2022 The residents of a Queensland town say dust from nearby coal stockpiles is blackening their homes, getting in their drinking water, and destroying their quality of life. Read more: http://ab.co/2rmp4rf by ABC Southern Queensland's Peter Gunders
05.01.2022 Submissions for the land and Environment have closed - hopefully all those who wrote submission against the mine are well received. I also spoke at the Land and Environment court.
