March 14, 2014
JOIN THE #LEARDBLOCKADE FRONTLINE The campaign to protect the Leard State Forest and to stop Whitehaven Coal’s dirty Maules Creek coal mine is going from strength to strength as our numbers grow. Hundreds of people have now visited the forest and participated in a...
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...
January 27, 2014
Gomeroi woman Dolly Talbott addresses a gathering in Gunnedah on Friday 24 January, here is a transcript of her speech: For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Dolly Talbott. I’m a Gomeroi woman born and raised in Gunnedah. My family are here among you today....
January 17, 2014
Watch as the blockaders continue their defence of Leard State Forest against construction work by Whitehaven Coal for its Maules Creek coal mine. Video by Liam Kesteven. (Source:...
January 16, 2014
This is what happened when Whitehaven Coal brought in the bulldozers to start clearing Leard State Forest in preparation for digging the Maules Creek coal mine. (Source:...
January 15, 2014
A video update from the Leard Forest Alliance Ecologist Phil Spark explains what is happening in response to Whitehaven Coal moving into commence work on its new coal mine in Leard State Forest, and a man is arrested for blockading Whitehaven Coal’s access to...
January 13, 2014
Whitehaven Coal have begun bulldozing Leard State Forest to make way for the Maules Creek coal mine. If the new open-cut coal mine goes ahead it will destroy thousands of hectares of Leard State Forest in north west NSW. The forest is home to 396 species of plants and...
December 21, 2013
Three days of action to protect Leard State Forest. (Source:...
December 18, 2013
Icons Under Threat: Leard State Forest(Source:...
December 18, 2013
Icons Under Threat: Leard State Forest(Source:...
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