Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) North Open Cut Coal Continuation Project, the biggest coal project in NSW history, has entered the critical stage — assessment by the Independent Planning Commission (IPC), the final decision makers.
This monster will produce 430 million tonnes of coal over the next two decades if it is allowed to proceed. We need to act together over the next few weeks to urge the Independent Planning Commission to listen to climate scientists and other experts on it because it should not go ahead. Nannas are in – please join us!
Submissions
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2 August – Submissions close at midnight.
Public Hearings
16 July – Rally outside Branxton Community Hall, 35 Bowen St, Branxton at 9am.
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16 July – Day 1 Public Hearing at Branxton Community Hall
17 July – Day 2 Public Hearing at Branxton Community Hall
Wed 22 July – Online hearing from 10am.
All hearings on the Commission’s YouTube channel.
Raise Your Voice Against Coal Mine Expansions
When: 10am, Saturday 8 August
Where: Martin Place (between Macquarie and Phillip streets)
RSVP now: https://www.lockthegate.org.au/raise_your_voice
At this peaceful rally, you’ll find out more about 19 coal mine expansion projects in NSW, hear people’s lived experience of climate pollution impacts and take part in a community choir singing in protest. No singing experience needed!
Other News
Revealed: No ‘mine exit strategy’ for HVO workers
Workers at the Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) coal mine and the wider communities of Singleton and Muswellbrook have been left without a mine exit strategy to manage the social and economic consequences of the mine closure. The mine operator Glencore and the NSW Department of Planning quietly scrapped a condition requiring the company to develop a mine extract strategy. (Lock the Gate)