Wallarah 2 coal mine for sale
Korea Resources Corporation is planning to sell its 82.25 percent stake in the Wallarah 2 coal mine, as part of efforts to cut its debt totalling $6.1B as of the…
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Koala population discovered near proposed coal mine site
Local environmental group, Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA). is calling for an urgent halt to the Wallarah 2 coal mine because of the discovery of a koala population in the area….
Anti Wallarah 2 Coal Mine rally held in Wyong
Several hundred people rallied outside the Central Coast’s Council Chambers in Wyong to protest the development of the Wallarah 2 Coal Mine. The rally, held on October 26, was organised…
Drinking Water Catchments Protection Bill could see the end of Wallarah 2
The timely release of a State Government Inquiry, revealing adverse effects of mining in the Sydney drinking water catchment, should add significant clout to the Central Coast Drinking Water Catchments…
More protests planned to stop Wallarah 2 mine
Coast Environmental Alliance (CEA) is on the march again – this time in Wyong – to protest Wyong Coal’s Wallarah 2 longwall coal mine in the middle of Central Coast’s…
Weekly Central Coast Video News ‘5@5’ August 2, 2019
CC Video News, August 2, 2019: This week’s video news wrap covers these exclusively local Central Coast Stories: 1. Council narrowly passes draft Climate Change Policy. 2. Central Coast Airport…
Wallarah2 coal mine protest march to take place at Erina
Local environmental groups will bring the protest over approval of the Wallarah2 coal mine to Erina on July 26, marching around Fountain Plaza, where the office of Member for Terrigal,…
Coal Mine Controversy Continues
Video News: One of the most controversial coal mines in Australia, Wyong Coal’s Wallarah 2 has been given approval by the NSW government, despite a previous “No ifs, No buts”…
Central Coast residents stand up to State Government over coal mine
Around 70 residents from across the Central Coast travelled to Sydney on Monday, November 12, to participate in a Water not Coal rally in the Domain, against the approval of…
Crunch time for coal mine approval
The legal challenge in the Land & Environment Court (LEC) against the approval of the Wallarah 2 Coal mine, situated in the major water catchment of the Central Coast, commences…
Coal Alliance calls members to rally at Land and Environment Court
The Australian Coal Alliance (ACA) held its Annual General Meeting on October 27. ACA Treasurer and Executive Member, Mike Campbell, who chaired the meeting, confirmed that there were 245 individual…
Court date set for coal mine legal challenge
The legal challenge by the Australian Coal Alliance (ACA) to the validity of the approval to mine beneath the Central Coast’s major water supply district will be heard by the…
Deadline extended on Wallarah 2 coal mine decision
The recently appointed Federal Environment Minister, Melissa Price, has extended the deadline for her decision on whether to give the Wallarah 2 coal mine the green light under the Environment…
Still many unanswered questions to Wyong coal mine
Alan Hayes from the Australian Coal Alliance has committed 20 years to campaign to stop longwall coal mining under the Yarramalong and Dooralong Valleys because “it is the right thing…
Why Lucy Wicks needs to worry about Wyong coal mine
The Wyong coal project (Wallarah II) may not be in Lucy Wick’s electorate of Robertson but Alan Hayes from the Australian Coal Alliance said she needs to be very worried…
Scientists add conditions to Wyong mine approval
The Independent Expert Scientific Committee (IESC) on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development, has provided new advice to the Federal Department of Environment and Energy to help Minister,…
Wallarah II coal mine court action date announced
The Australian Coal Alliance’s (ACA) Land and Environment Court (LEC) action against the Wallarah II coal mine, will be heard on November 12. Mr Alan Hayes, ACA’s Campaign Director, said…
Bill to prohibit mining in water catchment area introduced
A bill to prohibit mining in the Wyong water catchment area, the Wyong (Special Area Protection Bill) 2018, has been introduced into the NSW Legislative Council, on March 6, by…
Federal decision on coal mine extended by six months
Federal Minister for the Environment and Energy, Mr Josh Frydenberg, has officially extended the time in which he has to make a decision on whether to approve the Wallarah 2…
“Shouldn’t have underground coal mines next to a water catchment” – David Harris
Member for Wyong and NSW Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Mr David Harris, has continued to add his support to the long-running community campaign to stop the Wallarah 2…