The Greens NSW mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham
today congratulated the NSW Government
on its decision to stop the farcical Drayton South coal mine, but
urged itto act to cancel the Shenhua Watermark project, the Kepco
Bylong proposal, the
Southern Highlands Berrima coal mine and the proposed Wallarah 2 coal
mine on the Central Coast, saying NSW does not need any new coal mines.
“The Greens have
been calling for Drayton South to be cancelled for years, and we
congratulate the NSW Government on finally making the decision to end
the uncertainty
for the thoroughbred industry in the Hunter Valley” Greens MP Jeremy
Buckingham said.
“This project
has exposed the failure of the current NSW planning system, where there
are no red lights and multinational mining giants can continue to push
coal projects
even though they are uneconomic, opposed by the community and will
cause irreparable environmental harm.
“Coal is the whale oil of the 21st Century and NSW does not need any new coal mines.” Mr Buckingham concluded.
On the
Shenhua Watermark coal mine in the Liverpool Plains, Mr Buckingham said:
“Farmers on the
Liverpool Plains, facing the prospect of the Shenhua Watermark mega mine
being built in our food bowl, deserve the same degree of certainty
about their
future as has been afforded the thoroughbred industry today and I urge
Mike Baird to cancel this mine.”
On the
Hume Coal Southern Highlands Berrima proposal, Mr Buckingham said:
“It is
unacceptable that Southern Highlands communities still have the threat
of the Berrima coal mine hanging over their head and Mike Baird should
cancel this mine
too.”
On the
KEPCO Bylong coal project, Mr Buckingham said:
“The beautiful
Bylong Valley, home of Peter Andrew’s Natural Sequence Farming, is still
set to be destroyed by KEPCO’s coal proposal. The Bylong Valley has a
large area
of highly valuable biophysical strategic agricultural land and Mike
Baird should cancel this mine too.”
On the
KORES Wallarah 2 coal mine in the Central Coast, Mr Buckingham said:
“The drinking
water catchment for the Central Coast is still threatened by a coal mine
which the Liberals promised would never go ahead. Today Mike Baird has
given certainty
to the Hunter Thoroughbred industry, but when will he give certainty to
the over 300,000 people on the Central Coast and cancel the Wallarah 2
coal mine?”15 December 2016
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