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Catchment gas leak as coalmine cracks – SMH

Also, check out our recent photos of the damage to the Waratah rivulet here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/53515439@N05/sets/72157626103042195/ Ben Cubby ENVIRONMENT EDITOR March 9, 2011 Bubbling up … methane is emerging in the Waratah Rivulet. METHANE is bubbling up through one of the … Continue reading

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Mining threatens national park plan – SMH

Sean Nicholls and Ben Cubby March 9, 2011 THE centrepiece of the Coalition’s environment platform for the state election has become a legal minefield with revelations that its planned national park on Sydney’s fringe is layered with previously unpublicised mining … Continue reading

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Rivers SOS Screening of Gasland in Campbelltown

Rivers SOS organised a screening of Gasland at Campbelltown Arts Centre on Sunday afternoon. Our guest speaker was John Hatton who opened with a fiery condemnation of corruption in the approvals process for mining and CSG extraction, adding that both major parties were/would … Continue reading

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Minister scuttles longwall coalmine plan – SMH

Ben Cubby ENVIRONMENT EDITOR March 5, 2011 THE Planning Minister, Tony Kelly, used the last few hours before the government went into caretaker mode to block a controversial coalmine plan for the central coast. The Wallarah 2 mine would have … Continue reading

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O’Farrell shuts out mining colossus from Sydney’s water catchment – SMH

 Ben Cubby and Sean Nicholls Sydney Morning Herald January 8, 2011 THOUSANDS of hectares of pristine wilderness on the edge of south-western Sydney, fought over by mining and environment interests for decades, will be saved and opened to the public … Continue reading

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Rivers SoS Alliance July 2010 Newsletter

Welcome to the first Rivers SOS newsletter! With its 40+ member groups spread across NSW, Rivers SOS is a geographically dispersed alliance. This is something I consider one of its great strengths, however it can often make the work of … Continue reading

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