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Coal-fired power dirties our air and climate
Sustained community pressure has forced Delta’s Vales Point coal-fired power station on the Central Coast to reduce its air pollution, ending 12 years of exemptions to requirements under the Clean Air regulations.
This is a major win, but we urgently need a plan to close all four remaining coal-fired power stations in NSW to tackle climate change and to fundamentally address pollution.
Coal-fired power stations pump out carbon pollution and toxic nitrogen oxides, linked to respiratory disease, cancer and premature death. Local communities bear the brunt, as outlined in the Future Sooner Citizen Inquiry into Health Impacts of Coal-fired Power Final Report.
Our freedom of information investigations revealed that the operators of Vales Point knew what to do to reduce pollution but chose not to until the last minute.
It’s imperative the EPA enforce stricter pollution requirements on coal-fired power stations set out in the Clean Air regulations in coming years. No further exemptions.
Protect Sydney's drinking water from Centennial Coal's toxic waste We can reveal that one of NSW’s biggest mining companies, Centennial, has been storing wastewater from coal mine operations and will seek permission to dump it in pristine waterways leading to Warragamba Dam. Centennial has not adopted technology that effectively cleans the wastewater of heavy metals, brine and salt toxic to aquatic life in the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. If we don’t act now, it’s possible the NSW Government will let Centennial get away with the unconscionable and release millions of litres of toxic wastewater every single day on our doorstep. Sign our petition calling on the EPA to do what it takes to make Centennial clean up its act. FIND OUT MORE
Report: Centennial Coal: Environmental Scorecard in the Gardens of Stone
Nature Conservation Council NSW and the Gardens of Stone Alliance have released a report demonstrating the Centennial Coal's terrible track record through their history of operations around the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.
READ THE REPORT HERE
No new coal for NSW Coal mine companies are ramping up to extend and expand operations to maximise profit, worsening emissions amid the climate crisis. The NSW Government has just approved a four-year extension to the state’s biggest coal mine, BHP’s Mount Arthur. Climate change is one of the biggest threats to the survival of species. Only 50% of threatened species in NSW are expected to survive the next 100 years. The proposed Moolarben open cut coal mine expansion in the state’s Central West would decimate threatened species habitat. We’re calling for no new, extended or expanded coal mines, a cap on emissions that would allow NSW to meet its legislated emission reduction targets, and mandatory rehabilitation for end-of-life mines to maximise habitat restoration, benefit local communities and provide jobs and economic diversification. FIND OUT MORE