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Dec 18, 2017· GLOUCESTER residents are celebrating a NSW commission''s rejection of the controversial Rocky Hill coal mine, but say the yearslong battle is not over yet. Gloucester Groundswell has 4500 signatures for a petition to NSW parliament calling on the Berejiklian Government to rescind or buy back the Rocky Hill licence, after the company backing ...
May 08, 2019· The Rocky Hill Coal Project will adversely impact on people''s culture in two key ways: impacts on Aboriginal culture and connection to Country and impact on heritagescenic quality.
Apr 01, 2019· Mr Buckley''s evidence was that modelling of the international demand for coal showed that coal from the Rocky Hill project was not needed from a technology perspective – that is, the fact that the Rocky Hill mine would have produced coking coal did not mean it should be given special consideration, having regard to its climate change impacts.
The ruling against the Rocky Hill open cut coal mine in NSW attracted a lot of attention for the role climate change played in the decision. But that wasn''t the only reason it got rejected – the verdict also represents a landmark legal decision for Aboriginal communities when it comes to protecting sacred lands from mining interests.
Ultimately, the court concludes that the Rocky Hill coalmine is in the "wrong place at the wrong time." The "wrong place" because of its impact on the Gloucester Valley. And the "wrong time" because the mine will increase global greenhouse gas emissions "at a time when what is now urgently needed . is a rapid and deep decrease ...
May 17, 2019· The ruling by the NSW Land and Environment Court on February 8 to reject the Rocky Hill coalmine outside Gloucester is being felt beyond its local community and will have implications for human rights as well as climate change policy. According to Lock the Gate Alliance: "Mining company KEPCO''s new submission to the Independent Planning Commission on its proposed Bylong Valley
Feb 07, 2019· A judge has rejected the Rocky Hill coal mine at scenic Gloucester Valley in the Upper Hunter because of its ''visual and social impacts''. Photograph: .
Feb 08, 2019· The controversial Rocky Hill coal mine near Gloucester will not be built following a landmark ruling in the Land and Environment Court. The court dismissed an appeal by Gloucester Resources, which ...
Feb 08, 2019· Chief judge Brian Preston''s decision to stop the mine on climate change fears will reverberate around the coalmining districts of the nation. ... Gloucester Resources'' proposed Rocky Hill .
Plans for a new coal mine near Gloucester, on the NSW midnorth coast, are scuttled by the Chief Justice of the Land and Environment Court, who claimed it would be in the wrong place at the wrong ...
Feb 11, 2019· The New South Wales Land and Environment Court has rejected an appeal from Gloucester Resources regarding the refusal of its development application for the Rocky Hill coking coal mine.
Feb 11, 2019· The Rocky Hill decision was a "fantastic shot in the arm for us", said Phill Kennedy, a farmer who lives in the Bylong Valley. ... as well as the argument that if coal was not dug up and ...
He dismissed an appeal by developers of the controversial Rocky Hill opencut coal mine near the Mid North Coast town of Gloucester against any earlier planning rejection.
Rocky Hill Coal Project The Rocky Hill Coal Project is a comparatively small, modern open cut mining proposal that, if approved, will bring jobs and other economic benefits to the ...
Jul 16, 2019· Rocky Hill is a small open cut project planned in the Gloucester Basin in New South Wales. The project, being proposed by AMCI is targeting export of semihard, high fluidity coking coal.
Key points: Gloucester Resources will not appeal a decision by the NSW Land and Environment Court refusing a coal mine near Gloucester; Rocky Hill mine''s contribution to climate change was cited ...
A three week hearing in August 2018 canvassed whether or not the proposed Rocky Hill Coal Mine should be built in Gloucester, a town of about 3,000 people inland on the Mid North Coast of New ...
The Rocky Hill Coal Project will not proceed. The Project was the result of extensive exploration, geological modelling, mine planning and environmental studies of the Site and surrounding areas.. Below is an outline of the Government process being followed by GRL in seeking approval for the Project.
The proposed Rocky Hill open cut coal mine at Forbesdale is only 900... Read More. what''''s at stake Groundswell Gloucester. The beautiful Gloucester Valley is under threat from coal and gas mining. Gloucester is ... A new open cut coal mine has been proposed by GRL at Rocky Hill.
Landmark Rocky Hill ruling could pave the way for more courts to choose climate over coal ... the GHG emissions of the coal mine and its coal product will increase global total concentrations of ...
The Rocky Hill Coal Project is a proposed opencut coal mine located approximately 100 km north of Newcastle, New South Wales. The project occurs within the Gloucester Basin and targets the Gloucester Coal Measures. AGE were engaged by Corkery . Read more Rocky Hill Coal Project
The Coal Council of Australia (CCA) has condemned the New South Wales Land and Environment Court''s decision to refuse Gloucester Resources'' appeal over the Rocky Hill mine development.
This submission is an objection to the proposed Rocky Hill coal mine at Gloucester NSW. I support the determination of the NSW Department of Planning which found that the proposed mine should not be approved and I agree with the reasons given for the rejection of the project.
Proposed Project Overview The Rocky Hill Coal Project is a comparatively small, modern open cut mining proposal that, if approved, will bring jobs and other economic benefits to the people of the Gloucester area. The Project will involve mining of up to 2 Mtpa of RunofMine (ROM) coal.
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