No political favours for Mount Pleasant coal mine

No political favours for Mount Pleasant coal mine

The NSW Premier says he’s going to create special law to bypass the courts and the planning system and give a huge Hunter Valley coal mine a 30% increase in the amount of coal it can mine. The government is also threatening to introduce rules about how the global warming harm of burning NSW coal is dealt with by planning authorities with zero public consultation. 

This law could be introduced as early as 10 November. We’ve got to tell them that doing the bidding of coal mining companies and letting them keep polluting and fuelling global warming is not okay.

The NSW Premier says he’s going to create special law to bypass the courts and the planning system and give a huge Hunter Valley coal mine a 30% increase in the amount of coal it can mine. The government is also threatening to introduce rules about how the global warming harm of burning NSW coal is dealt with by planning authorities with zero public consultation. 

This law could be introduced as early as 10 November. We’ve got to tell them that doing the bidding of coal mining companies and letting them keep polluting and fuelling global warming is not okay.

Call Your MP: NSW Coal Laws

Call your state member of parliament urgently about the government making special laws at the bidding of coal companies and inflicting more pollution and global warming on all of us. 

Please be courteous - the staff answering the phone are there to listen to you

Find your MP’s contact details here.

State your name and where you live!

  • Refer to news stories like this one on the ABC, saying the government is planning to use parliament to allow a 30% increase in production at a coal mine, bypassing planning processes and the courts. 
  • Tell them that emissions from coal, dug up here in NSW, regardless of where it is burned, matter a lot to you.
  • Tell them if there is going to be new law following …

State your name and where you live!

  • Refer to news stories like this one on the ABC, saying the government is planning to use parliament to allow a 30% increase in production at a coal mine, bypassing planning processes and the courts. 
  • Tell them that emissions from coal, dug up here in NSW, regardless of where it is burned, matter a lot to you.
  • Tell them if there is going to be new law following the recent High Court climate case in Mt Pleasant, then they should talk to the Net Zero Commission and the public about it - instead of rich mining bosses.
  • Tell them about your personal experience and perspective on global warming and climate change.
  • Ask them to speak up about this: to make representations to the Premier, to speak up in caucus, to speak up in the media. 
  • Tell them that if legislation is introduced in November that puts the interests of coal companies ahead of action on climate change, you will call again.

Remember to thank them for their time!

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