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Action Groups

Barrington-Gloucester-Stroud Preservation Alliance
We are fighting to preserve our beautiful district - lush farmland, a popular tourist destination, and a world heritage wilderness - from the ravages of mining for gas, coal and rubies.
Bickham Coal-Mine Action Group
You'll find information here about the proposed Bickham Coal Mine, where it is intended that coal be extracted from the head of the Hunter Valley Catchment.
See the hole produced when the Bickham Coal Company asked permission to take out a bulk sample during exploration.
Caroona Coal Action Group Inc
Caroona Coal Action Group (CCAG) represents a country community concerned that subsidence longwall mining will damage the underground aquifers, the life blood of the food and fibre production, on the world class Liverpool Plains, NSW.
Community Food and Water Security Australia (CFAWSA)
How can we manage water and still feed ourselves?
In Victoria, Community Food and Water Security Australia (CFAWSA) is an initiative to encourage grassroots community participation in food and water security issues, debates and projects.
Future Food Queensland
Our mission is to protect the world renowned, clean and green, premium food production capacity (iconic farmland) of Queensland from inappropriate mining developments
Rivers SOS
Rivers SOS is an alliance of some forty environmental and community groups concerned with the wrecking of rivers in New South Wales by mining operations.
Save The Drip and Goulburn River
Help us stop the Coal industry from destroying our groundwater and rivers... Why? Mining threatens many catchments.
Wollombi Valley Against Gas Extraction
The website of the WAGE Action Group fighting against Sydney Gas and AGL Energy

Environment

Clean coal remains a faraway dream
When the Academy Award-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen used their talents a few weeks ago to make an anti-ad ridiculing clean coal, industry lobbyists were not happy. When Robert Kennedy jnr branded clean coal in America "a dirty lie", and suggested some coal executives should face criminal charges, they got really upset. This state's most passionate coal advocate, the head of the NSW Minerals Council, Nikki Williams, reacts to Kennedy's name with a mix of outrage and sorrow.
Dust and particulate matter
This section concerns the noxious effects of dust on the health of local communities, its environmental damage, the links to cancer and contaminated waterways, breaches of coal mining compliance requirements, the deadly impact of microscopic particles on human health and the refusal of the current government to heed the warnings and recommendations from their own scientific reports, and from those of the World Health Organisation.
Environmental Defender's Office
The Australian Network of Environmental Defenders Offices Inc (ANEDO) consists of nine independently constituted and managed community environmental law centres located in each State and Territory of Australia.

Each EDO is dedicated to protecting the environment in the public interest.

Hidden costs of fossil-fuel power
THE cost of Australia's cheap coal-fired electricity would more than double if the toll on human health and the volume of greenhouse gas emissions were taken into account, says a report to be launched today by the Minister for Finance, Lindsay Tanner.

Government

GLOUCESTER COALMINING
Question from Lee Rhiannon to Ian MacDonald regarding exploration licenses in Gloucester
Legislative Assembly Private Member Statement - George Souris
GLOUCESTER COALMINING EXPLORATION LICENCES RENEWAL
Mining Amendment (Safeguarding Agricultural Land and Water) Bill 2009
Legislative Council speech by Ms Lee Rhiannon on 14th May 2009 regarding this Bill.
Mining Amendment (Safeguarding Agricultural Land and Water) Bill 2009
Text of Bill available here.
Mining Amendment Debate
Legislative Council debate on MINING AMENDMENT (SAFEGUARDING AGRICULTURAL LAND AND WATER) BILL 2009. Speakers: Gay The Hon Duncan; Deputy-President (The Hon Amanda Fazio); Kaye Dr John; Brown The Hon Robert; Robertson The Hon Christine; Hale Ms Sylvia; Nile Reverend The Hon Fred; Khan The Hon Trevor; Moyes Reverend the Hon Dr Gordon; Cohen Mr Ian; Colless The Hon Rick; Macdonald The Hon Ian.
Safeguarding Agricultural Land and Water from mining
Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has a new Greens bill to protect prime agricultural land and water in NSW from damage cause by mining and exploration - the Mining (Safeguarding Agricultural Land and Water From Mining) Amendment Bill 2009.