March 4, 2014
Narrabri Shire Council is again attempting to evict the Front Line Action On Coal camp which has been working for around 18 months to protect Leard State Forest from open-cut coal mining. The camp was moved-on from its original site following mounting pressure and...
February 20, 2014
Planning and approval process for the Maules Creek Mine on Dipity. Are you having trouble viewing the timeline? Click here to view in a new window. This is a timeline of planning and approval events relating to the Maules Creek coal mine, with specific focus on...
February 20, 2014
In order to destroy the Leard State Forest to make a coal mine, Whitehaven have proposed “offsets”. Offsets are areas of land that are supposed to be like for like. That is, if one forest is destroyed, another forest of the exact same type, is preserved. The trouble...
February 17, 2014
These photos show an aerial view of land adjacent to the Leard State Forest where rail loop construction is being carried out by Leightons, contractors for Whitehaven Coal. The area where the rail loop is being constructed traverses culturally sensitive sites for the...
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...
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