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Media Release: New coal mines make no sense
July 12, 2022
11 July 2022 New research shows there are 27 new coal mining projects currently awaiting approval decisions by the Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek, as reported in The Guardian yesterday. The research estimates that...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMedia Release: Adani commits further erosion and sediment breaches despite QLD government commitment to enforce water and soil safeguards
August 05, 2021
5 August 2021 Mackay Conservation Group (MCG) is calling on the Queensland government to stop work on Adani’s rail line and investigate fresh erosion control breaches and sediment pollution. Lawyers from Environmental Justice Australia...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMedia Release: Endangered Black Throated Finch population declines by 82%
July 20, 2021
20 July 2021 The beautiful Black Throated Finch will be the subject of a presentation by researcher Juan Mula Laguna at Mackay Environment Centre next Wednesday (28 July 2021) at 6pm. In 2019 the...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMedia Release - Adani coal will destroy the Reef
June 24, 2021
In the same week that the Great Barrier Reef has been declared as in danger of losing its world heritage listing, environmentalists say there is nothing to celebrate in Adani uncovering coal at the...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMedia Release: Federal Court rejects Adani’s water pipeline scheme
May 25, 2021
25 May 2021 Mackay Conservation Group has welcomed news today that the Federal Court has agreed that the Morrison Government made an error of law when it decided not to apply the ‘water trigger’...
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