February 11, 2014
The top image shows newly bulldozed trees at Idemitsu’s Boggabri open-cut coal mine in Leard State Forest. The existing mine has already cleared hundreds of hectares of the forest and is currently clearing so that it can expand further into the forest. The bottom...
January 20, 2014
After maintaining a presence for nearly 18 months, eviction may be imminent for the protest camp perched on the outskirts of Leard State Forest. Narrabri Council announced an extraordinary meeting of Council will be held Tuesday 21 January at 12:30pm. The Mayor of...
January 14, 2014
The Northern Daily Leader reported on Tuesday 14 January 2014: ANTI-COALMINING protesters camped in the Leard State Forest for more than 530 days have been given just hours to vacate the site or risk being forcibly removed by police. The Leader understands Forestry...
December 19, 2013
“I am Fran Wachtel. I am 60 years old. Today I got arrested for obstructing traffic on the Leard Forest Rd at Boggabri. I am not crazy and I am not brave I would just like some of the real world to be left for my grand children and their children.” Fran...
December 19, 2013
Whitehaven’s Maules Creek project is the biggest new coal mine under construction in Australia. The mine would emit the same amount of carbon pollution annually as the entirety of New Zealand. …And so the time came. The time to do the difficult things. The time to...
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