Coal Mining and Rivers Campaign
Wednesday, 23 April 2008 23:11
Evidence is mounting that underground longwall mining is impacting heavily on the heath of rivers, swamps and aquifers. TEC is calling on the NSW Government to introduce mandatory buffer zones to protect river catchments.
At imminent threat from longwall mining is the Woronora Plateau, where up to 91% of Sydney's southern water supply catchment will be undermined. The problems also extend to the Newnes Plateau and Goulburn River out west, while water supply on the Central Coast and the aquifers of the Liverpool Plains near Gunnedah are also threatened.
Longwall threatenes conservation land - ABC VIDEO
Sydney Morning Herald Story: Devastating Longwall Damage Exposed
A Sydney Morning Herald story and slideshow on the widespread fracturing of the Waratah Rivulet's riverbed caused by longwall coal mining has been met with a fierce response from the mining lobby. TEC has responded to the industry claims.
Illawarra Mercury Story: Earth Cracking Above Mines 02/02/2008
Total Environment Centre's Natural Areas Campaigner Dave Burgess exposes the damage done by longwall mines in the Mt. Kembla region to the Illawarra Mercury.
Reports:
- Australian Wetlands Review of Bulli Wetlands Impacts [1MB, 2010]
- TEC Submission to Bulli Seam extension [90KB, 2010]
- TEC Report: Impacts of Longwall Coal Mining on the Environment in NSW (2007)
- Southern Coal Submission (2007)
- Wyong Submission (2007)
- TEC's Secondary Submission to the Southern Coalfield Inquiry (2007)
- TEC FOI Dossier: What Happened to the Waratah Rivulet (2007)
- Report on mining damage to the Georges River [2005, 832KB]
Coal Mining and Rivers Website (Colong Foundation for Wilderness)
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