Maules Creek coal mine: A timeline of the planning and approval process

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...

Whitehaven’s “offsets” are off the mark

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...

Clearing by coal mining companies in Leard State Forest

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...