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...
February 11, 2014
The beauty of Leard State Forest. This is just some of what will be destroyed if the open-cut coal mines go ahead. You can click each image to see a larger version. What you’re looking at: Double-barred Finches taking advantage of a cool summer breeze Eucalypt in...
February 10, 2014
The heads of Australia’s environmental organisations (including Greenpeace, the National Conservation Council, 350.org and Lock the Gate) have travelled to the Leard State Forest to hold talks about Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine. Read more over on...
January 27, 2014
First photos as tripod action shuts down coal mine construction inside Whitehaven’s Maules Creek site at Leard State Forest. Read full details about the blockade shutting down coal mine construction here in the media statement from Leard Forest Alliance. PHOTOS: High...
January 27, 2014
Over 100 people are today shutting down construction of the controversial Maules Creek coal mine project in northwest NSW, escalating a blockade of the site that has been underway for over two weeks. Four groups of protesters have blocked four entrances to Leard State...
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