April 23, 2015
The Climate Council has released a report today saying that if all of Australia’s coal resources were burned, it would consume two-thirds of the global carbon budget. They tell us it’s likely that over 90% of Australian coal reserves are unburnable, even under the...
April 14, 2015
It was just over a year ago that 100 people descended on the Maules Creek Mine construction site. Brave souls climbed the colossal machines of destruction, chaining and locking themselves to render them useless for the day. So began the Leard Blockade biggest...
March 30, 2015
A group of people in Newcastle have halted the coal rail line leading into the world’s largest coal export port, saying they would not let trains enter or leave until coal industry leaders committed to winding back coal exports, as their contribution to urgent global...
March 24, 2015
A number of friends who have taken action to save the Leard faced court today. Everyone who was heard today received Sec – 10A with no conviction or fine. Amongst them was Country Music legend, Luke O’Shea and his Dad. Media Release from our alliance...
March 19, 2015
From the desk of Murray ‘Muzz’ Drechsler… I heard about the Leard State Forest whilst I had been running mystery dingo tours out to the Pilliga State Forest, looking at the effects of coal seam gas on the area. That it was an open cut coal mine in a...
March 16, 2015
Before After A piece on the last 3 weeks of Whitehaven Coal’s Summer 2015 clearing of the Leard State Forest Grief; The smell of fallen trees; Sweet sap and diesel. With the Milky-way overhead, and a good few k to go, we can already smell the clearing. It is a...
March 9, 2015
Leard Forest Alliance Media Release: From Maules Creek to Mt Thorley, communities resist coal mining. MAULES CREEK 9/3/15 Despite both major parties affirming their commitment to the coal industry, the NSW public continues to show their strong opposition. This morning...
March 8, 2015
As International Women’s Day 2015 rolls on we’ve been reflecting on all the incredible women involved in this campaign – and how we can build more progressive feminist politics on the front lines in Australia.. no hard and fast answers but some great...
March 7, 2015
Media Release MAULES CREEK 7/3/2015 A group of over twenty people have stormed the Maules Creek Mine site today, halting clearing of the Leard State Forest. While a group has gathered at the entrance of the mine, a number of people have locked themselves to machines;...
March 4, 2015
A guest post by local Maules Creek community worker and horse trainer Ann-Marie Rasmussen, who yesterday backed up her words by suspending herself from a tree in the Leard Forest, holding up bulldozers clearing the forest for seven hours. There is...
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