Front Line Action on Coal

Clearing by coal mining companies in Leard State Forest

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...

Namoi River may be threatened by Whitehaven mining

January 22, 2014

This is the Namoi River. It runs through farming land, and is a short distance from the Leard State Forest where Whitehaven and Idemitsu plan to fell more than half of the trees to construct a series of open-cut coal mines. Learn more about Leard State Forest and the...