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. 

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Find your MP’s contact details here.

State your name and where you live!

  • Refer to news stories 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 taking account of the global warming impacts of downstream greenhouse gas pollution from NSW coal exports matters a lot to you and if there’s going to be guidance or new law about that following from the High Court …

State your name and where you live!

  • Refer to news stories 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 taking account of the global warming impacts of downstream greenhouse gas pollution from NSW coal exports matters a lot to you and if there’s going to be guidance or new law about that following from the High Court case, then advice needs to be sought from the Net Zero Commission, not rich mining bosses, and the public must have a say.
  • 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.

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