Tell your MP - don’t weaken our climate laws!

The NSW Government is planning to make it easier for polluting coal and gas projects to get approval in NSW by passing a new law.

Email your MP today and ask them to vote against this bill to stand up for a safe climate.

The government's new law would remove the requirement of consent authorities to consider the full greenhouse emissions of new projects.

It is outrageous that our government is considering weakening our environmental laws.

MPs are set to debate the bill at the next sitting week in late July, giving us just days to give everything we’ve got to protect our environmental laws.

The vote on this bill is going to be very close. Currently, the ALP, Greens and some Independents oppose the Bill, but they need just a few more votes to defeat it. Make your voice heard, email your MP today and pressure them to oppose this bill once and for all.

We have provided some text for the email, but MPs respond best when each email is personalised. Please take the time to write why you are personally passionate about this issue so your email has the most impact!

Tell your MP - don’t weaken our climate laws!

The NSW Government is planning to make it easier for polluting coal and gas projects to get approval in NSW by passing a new law.

Email your MP today and ask them to vote against this bill to stand up for a safe climate.

Tell your MP to reject the bill that will send our environmental laws backwards.

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Dear MP,

I am writing to you as a constituent of your electorate to ask you to oppose the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Territorial Limits) Bill 2019.

I have outlined my concerns regarding this bill below.

These environment laws are important in creating a safe climate for our community.

Scope 3 emissions typically represent 99% of greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas projects.

Despite the misleading name of the bill, it will remove requirements to consider downstream emissions, whether they occur overseas, or in Australia, like the emissions from the Narrabri Gas project.

The impacts of burning coal and gas are being felt across NSW, with longer, more severe fire seasons and heatwaves.

With the amendments proposed in this bill, NSW planning authorities would not be required to consider the enormous environmental impacts of these emissions. Considering the bushfires that ravaged our state last summer it is more important than ever companies document and actively reduce these emissions.

Changes to these laws would hamper informed decision-making. This bill would remove the requirement for planning bodies to consider downstream emissions when considering development applications for new projects like Narrabri gas field.

The NSW Government can and should encourage the best quality information to feed into its decision-making by incorporating projections of Scope 3 emissions into environmental reviews of fossil fuels projects.

They should do so at a point in time where the information can be the most useful - usually at the planning stage.

Courts and independent planning bodies have begun to limit new coal mines on the basis that they cause more harm than good. This shows that these laws are valuable within our legal system and planning authorities as they provide great transparency of the wider impacts of planned projects. They ensure that decision-makers keep people and nature’s interests at heart.

The bill would undermine the NSW Government’s commitment to tackling climate change

The NSW Government has a responsibility to protect communities and the environment from the impacts of climate change.

This bill would undermine the NSW Government's previous progress on climate change, and would come at a time where communities need the NSW Government to show strong leadership and vision to solve this crisis.

I am concerned that you and your party may be in support of this bill at a time where NSW Parliament should be strengthening our climate laws, not weakening them. A vote in favour of the ‘Territorial Limits’ Bill does not represent me and threatens the safety of the community.

Please stand up for safe climate for all by opposing this dangerous bill and instead get on with the work of a smooth, fair, and fast transition from polluting coal and gas to clean energy.

Warm regards,
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Tell your MP - don’t weaken our climate laws!

The NSW Government is planning to make it easier for polluting coal and gas projects to get approval in NSW by passing a new law.

Email your MP today and ask them to vote against this bill to stand up for a safe climate.

Tell your MP - don’t weaken our climate laws!

The NSW Government is planning to make it easier for polluting coal and gas projects to get approval in NSW by passing a new law.

Email your MP today and ask them to vote against this bill to stand up for a safe climate.

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The NSW Government is planning to make it easier for polluting coal and gas projects to get approval in NSW by passing a new law. Email your MP today and ask them to vote against this bill to stand up for a safe climate.

Tell your MP - don’t weaken our climate laws!

The NSW Government is planning to make it easier for polluting coal and gas projects to get approval in NSW by passing a new law. Email your MP today and ask them to vote against this bill to stand up for a safe climate.

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The NSW Government is planning to make it easier for polluting coal and gas projects to get approval in NSW by passing a new law.

Email your MP today and ask them to vote against this bill to stand up for a safe climate.

The NSW Government is planning to make it easier for polluting coal and gas projects to get approval in NSW by passing a new law.

Email your MP today and ask them to vote against this bill to stand up for a safe climate.