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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
------------- Media Release 27th November, 2006 Environmental Victory in Anvil Hill Court Case On the afternoon of the 27th November, Justice Nicola Pain made the historic decision to set aside the Director-General’s acceptance of the Environmental Assessment for the Anvil Hill coal mine, on the grounds that it did not include a comprehensive greenhouse gas assessment. This Decision will have the effect of putting the NSW Government on notice that all future development applications must include the assessment of all greenhouse emissions resulting from Major Projects. “This is a turning point in the campaign against greenhouse polluting industries,” said Paul Winn of the Hunter Community Environment Centre, “and a victory for common sense and the planet.” Centennial Coal, proponent of the Anvil hill coal mine, may now have to rewrite their environmental assessment to comply with this decision, assessing the impact of greenhouse pollution from coal dug at the mine on the NSW environment. The Anvil Hill Alliance will meet Planning Minister, Frank Sartor in Muswellbrook to discuss the future of the mine proposal. Link to the Anvil Hill Alliance
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SearchRandom image Upcoming eventsPopular contentToday's:Random Quote"Think of the climate as a small boat on a rather choppy ocean. Under normal circumstances the boat will rock to and fro, and there is a finite risk that the boat could be overturned by a rogue wave. But now one of the passengers has decided to stand up and is deliberately rocking the boat ever more violently. Someone suggests that this is likely to increase the chances of the boat capsizing. Another passenger then proposes that with his knowledge of chaotic dynamics he can counterbalance the first passenger and indeed, counter the natural rocking caused by the waves. But to do so he needs a huge array of sensors and enormous computational reasources to be ready to react efficiently but still wouldn't be able to guarantee absolute stability, and indeed, since the system is untested it might make things worse. So is the answer to a known and increasing human influence on climate an ever more elaborate system to control the climate? Or should the person rocking the boat just sit down?" |
