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Make a submission against T4
Port Waratah Coal Services is proposing to build a fourth coal export terminal in Newcastle and we need your help to stop them. We urgently need people to send submissions to the Department of Planning opposing the project.
The deadline for submissions is 5pm 7 May. Want to get involved?The Hunter Community Environment Centre is here to help activists... if you want to meet up with other environmentalists, become a member of HCEC, use the Centre's facilities, find out about local, state and national environmental issues, or get help getting in touch with other active members of the community, come along to HCEC and we can help you. Paddock to Port report backThank you very much to all who attended the ‘Paddock to Port’ public meeting on 15th Feb. It was informative and inspiring and gave a comprehensive outline of the impacts of coal expansion throughout the Hunter Valley. Guest speakers spoke of the extent of the coal boom across Australia (and the Hunter) and its negative economic impacts, the health impacts of climate change and coal and the proposal to build a fourth coal terminal (T4) at Newcastle harbour. The public meeting unanimously passed the following resolution: Street March against coal exports
It was fabulous! Congratulations to everyone who took part... See Rising Tide Newcastle for more details and to keep abreast of the campaign against coal expansion Find out about toxic sediment dredging in the Hunter RiverThe Minster for Planning approved a massive dredging operation in the South Arm of the Hunter River – adjacent to the old BHP site – Now, BHP want the dredging to happen to make way for the third coal terminal.
The project has altered substantially since first approved, and the Minister is considering significant modifications without further public consultation.
Exposed: NSW coal will run out in 35 years3rd April, 2007 The Hunter Community Environment Centre has revealed today that coal reserves in NSW could run out in less than four decades, adding to urgent calls to cease coal expansion plans in the Hunter Valley. Based on current industry growth and production rates, HCEC claims that the 10,600 million tonnes of coal under NSW will be exhausted in just 35 years. HCEC spokesperson Georgina Woods said, “NSW is currently producing 156 million tonnes of coal per year, most of which is coming out of the Hunter Valley, and 70% of which is being sold for export.” Environmental victory in Anvil Hill caseJustice Nicola Pain in the Land and Environment Court has ruled that the environmental assessment of the Anvil Hill coal mine is not adequate, as it fails to address climate change. See below for the HCEC media release on the ruling Click here to see a short video of what will be lost if the Anvil Hill mine goes ahead Link to other pages on this site about Anvil Hill and the case: Background: Save Anvil Hill September: News about the case launch October: Controversial changes to the Planning Act rushed through by the State Government to thwart the case November: State Government misleading the public about Planning law changes November: Summary of submissions to the Anvil Hill environmental assessment Summary of the legal and political implications of the court ruling
------------- HCEC in ParliamentThe Hunter Community Environment Centre is a group of people, often young people, who have no investment in this debate except their ideals. They are not there to make money and it is fair enough if honourable members disagree with them, but they believe in protecting the environment and the social amenity and doing the decent thing. I think they have a fantastic quality that we find in the Australian environment [movement]. Despite all the apathy, some people, many of whom I am proud to say are good friends of mine, work hard for long days and nights and do not give up. Governments come and governments will go but whilst there is any shred of threatened pristine environment or species left these people will step up and defend it, and I am very proud to be part of that movement. Marine Sanctuaries Work!The contention that Marine Parks and no-take marine sanctuaries have no scientific In 2003, Dr Ben Halpern from University of California Santa Barbara presented an analysis of the results of studies into 89 separate no-take marine reserves around the world. He found that on average, creating a no-take marine sanctuary doubles the density of fish and invertebrates, triples the biomass and increases the mean size of fish by 20-30% relative to fished areas (Halpern, 2003). These results indicate the re-establishment of natural processes after serious disturbance. 
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