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.

Port Waratah's proposed fourth coal terminal threatens the heatlh of the people of Newcastle and poses unacceptable threats to protected migratory shore birds. See this Newcastle Herald article for more.

State Government denies Newcastle time on terminal

16 April 2012

Thank 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:

23rd January, 2008

BHP Billiton’s announcement this morning that it will throw $390 million away on a third coal export terminal on Newcastle’s Kooragang Island is nothing more than a political tactic to pressure the State Government into rushing approval for the project, according to the Hunter Community Environment Centre.

The People's Blockade of the World's Biggest Coal Port

The blockade was an enormous success...

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

The NSW Government has taken the disppointing and cowardly decision to approve the controversial Anvil Hill coal mine proposal near Denman, just days after hundreds of people travelled to the Upper Hunter to spell out their opposition to the mine.

Anvil Hill has become a focal point for the campaign to reduce NSW's contribution to climate change from export coal but has also been fiercely criticised for the massive loss of remnant woodland it will cause, and its impact on regionally important waterways.