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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Mine rehabilitation is on the go-slow
A long-awaited report reveals that the area of unrehabilitated mined land in Queensland has grown even larger, even after laws were passed to supposedly improve the situation.
Community celebrates the rejection of the Central Queensland Coal mine
The Central Queensland community came together to celebrate Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek decision to refuse the Clive Palmer-owned coal mine Central Queensland Coal proposal on the weekend.
The mine was proposed to be just 10km from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and was going to directly impact on critically important environmental resources.
Rain exposes flaws with Qld mine water release laws
Media Release
Central Queensland coal mines are releasing billions of litres of water many thousand times saltier than the receiving rivers in the catchment of the Great Barrier Reef, prompting concerns about the ecological health of impacted waterways.
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