Media Releases
Environmental Breaches at Vulcan Coal Mine Call into Question Coal Companies' Commitment to Queensland's Future
February 22, 2024
Media Release 22 February 2024 A disturbing pattern of environmental breaches by Queensland Coking Coal Pty Ltd and their subsidiary Vitrinite Pty Ltd at the Vulcan Coal Mine in the Bowen Basin has come...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareQueensland Government approves new greenfield coal mine after state battered by catastrophic climate-induced cyclone and floods
February 08, 2024
Media Release 8 February 2024 The Queensland Department of Environment and Science has today approved Whitehaven Coal’s Environmental Authority for their proposed Winchester South coal mine, taking this destructive greenfield coal project one step...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareUrannah Dam cancellation is a win for nature and the economy
December 16, 2022
Media Release 16 December 2022 Mackay Conservation Group is celebrating a major victory after yesterday's announcement that Urannah Dam had been withdrawn from the environmental assessment process. The cancelled dam would have drowned...
Read More Add your reaction ShareEnvironmentalists welcome Valeria coal project abandonment
December 08, 2022
Media Release 8 December 2022 Mackay Conservation Group has welcomed today’s announcement that Glencore has abandoned its Valeria coal mine proposal, a greenfield project near Capella in Central Queensland. The mine would have produced...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareDecision not to fund Urannah Dam welcomed
October 25, 2022
Media Release 25 October 2022 Mackay Conservation Group has welcomed the federal government’s reversal of a previous commitment to provide $483 million of taxpayer’s funds to subsidise construction of Urannah Dam in tonight’s budget....
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