Environmental Advocacy in Central Queensland urges the Federal Government to reject the Middlemount Coal Mine Extension Project, citing severe environmental impacts, including habitat destruction, diverting a waterway, and adding more carbon pollution fuelling climate impacts.
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EnvA slams weak federal response to illegal clearing at Vitrinite’s Vulcan coal mine
EnvA criticises the Federal Government for inadequately addressing Vitrinite’s repeated environmental violations, demanding stricter penalties and transparency in ongoing investigations to protect endangered wildlife.
EnvA calls for refusal of Moranbah North – Grosvenor rail and pipline realignment
Environmental Advocacy in Central Queensland urges the Federal Government to reject Anglo Coal’s project, citing threats to endangered species and insufficient offsets, questioning its economic viability and ecological sustainability.
Devastating land clearing continues across Queensland
The latest SLATS report indicates a troubling increase in Queensland’s land clearing, with over 332,000 hectares affected, primarily in the Brigalow Belt, threatening ecosystems and exacerbating climate issues.
EnvA’s 2025 AGM
Please join us for our next Annual General Meeting! This will be a great opportunity hear about what EnvA has achieved over the last twelve months and our ambitious plans for the next year. We hope you will leave the meeting inspired to be more involved in our work to protect our environment, our wildlifeContinue reading “EnvA’s 2025 AGM”
Queensland Conservation Council launches a legal challenge against the Lake Vermont coal mine expansion
The Queensland Conservation Council has formally opposed the Lake Vermont Coal Mine extension, highlighting environmental risks and significant greenhouse gas emissions.
They emphasise the project’s threat to endangered species and ecosystems, urging a halt to new coal developments to combat climate change.
Conservation group criticises Environment Minister’s coal mine cancellation claims
A Central Queensland conservation group has challenged the accuracy of Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s recent social media statement, where she claims, “We’ve just cancelled another coal project in Queensland.”
Coal for Christmas
We are still in shock that four coal projects were approved by the Albanese government just 6 days before Christmas – the worst Christmas present anyone could get!
These four new approvals of coal mines will clear threatened species habitat and will release nearly a billion tonnes of climate pollution.
Four new coal mines approved, ignoring climate and environmental impacts
Conservation groups are dismayed at the Albanese Government’s approval of four new coal mines today: Boggabri in New South Wales, and Caval Ridge Horse Pit, Lake Vermont Meadowbrook and Vulcan South in Central Queensland.
Together, these mines will destroy thousands of hectares of threatened species habitat and will contribute nearly one billion tonnes of carbon emissions – more than double Australia’s total annual emissions.
Urgent action needed to stop illegal clearing and mining at the proposed Vulcan South Coal Mine
Environmental Advocacy in Central Queensland is urging Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to halt mining at Queensland Coking Coal’s Vulcan North project due to illegal clearing affecting threatened species’ habitats. Despite an ongoing federal investigation into these activities, operations continue, prompting calls for swift enforcement actions to protect local biodiversity.
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