Join us as we kick off our 10 days of action with a roadside event to raise awareness about NAB's terrible climate policies!

WHEN: Monday 27th March
TIME: 7:30am - 8:30am
WHERE: Meet on the corner of Martin & Bassett Street to line Harbour Road!

We'll be lining the street with signs and banners, sending a clear message that corporate greed at the expense of our planet will no longer be tolerated. Let's demand accountability from NAB and call on them to invest in sustainable solutions that protect our environment. 

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to make your voice heard!

Join us as we continue our 10 days of action with a roadside event to raise awareness about NAB's terrible climate policies!

WHEN: Friday 31st March
TIME: 7:30am - 8:30am
WHERE: Meet on the corner of Martin & Bassett Street to line Harbour Road!

We'll be lining the street with signs and banners, sending a clear message that corporate greed at the expense of our planet will no longer be tolerated. Let's demand accountability from NAB and call on them to invest in sustainable solutions that protect our environment. 

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to make your voice heard!

As part of the nationwide 10 days of action, we are holding a rally out the front of the National Australia Bank (NAB) to demand that they stop funding Whitehaven Coal, who have plans to double their coal production.

We will be gathering out the front of the Mackay CBD branch in a show of strength, with our banners and signs as visible as possible!We need YOUR help!

WHEN: Wednesday April 5th
TIME: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
WHERE: Mackay CBD NAB branch, Corner of Gregory & Victoria Street

NAB are promoting themselves as a green bank, yet they have been involved in lending deals worth billions of dollars to Whitehaven Coal. Whitehaven needs another $4 billion to get three new proposed coal projects off the ground – including Winchester South near Moranbah. Previous funders like NAB are at serious risk of getting involved.

We encourage everyone to come along and show their support for a cleaner, more sustainable future. Together, we can send a powerful message that we will not tolerate the destruction of our planet for the sake of profit. So bring your signs, your voices, and your passion, and let's make our voices heard!

As part of the nationwide 10 days of action, we are holding a rally out the front of the National Australia Bank (NAB) to demand that they stop funding Whitehaven Coal, who have plans to double their coal production.

We will be gathering out the front of the Mackay CBD branch in a show of strength, with our banners and signs as visible as possible!We need YOUR help!

WHEN: Tuesday March 28th
TIME: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
WHERE: Mackay CBD NAB branch, Corner of Gregory & Victoria Street

NAB are promoting themselves as a green bank, yet they have been involved in lending deals worth billions of dollars to Whitehaven Coal. Whitehaven needs another $4 billion to get three new proposed coal projects off the ground – including Winchester South near Moranbah. Previous funders like NAB are at serious risk of getting involved.

We encourage everyone to come along and show their support for a cleaner, more sustainable future. Together, we can send a powerful message that we will not tolerate the destruction of our planet for the sake of profit. So bring your signs, your voices, and your passion, and let's make our voices heard!

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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 20 million tonnes of thermal and coking coal per year for 35 years. Up to 1.36 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide would have been added to the atmosphere by the mine.

According to media reports, Glencore has said its decision to withdraw the project from the assessment process “is consistent with Glencore’s commitment to a responsibly managed decline of our global coal business”.

Mackay Conservation Group coordinator, Peter McCallum, said “this is a positive outcome for all Australians. Our country is already being ravaged by the effects of climate change and this mine would have made the problem worse.”

MCG has long campaigned for more renewable energy in Queensland. We welcome the phase out of coal fired power by 2035 but there are concerns about the mega dams that will facilitate the plan. 

Last week a Swedish plant had delivered the world’s first shipment of fossil fuel free steel to the car maker Volvo. Coking (metallurgical) coal in the blast furnace was replaced by hydrogen produced with renewable energy. The Swedish company plans to start delivering commercial quantities of this green steel within five years.

Urannah Dam has been in the news a lot over the past year. Politicians have been talking up the proposal as a potential source of new water for agricultural land around Bowen. However, there are serious questions about whether farmers will ever see a drop of any water from this dam.

The Urannah Creek west of Eungella range is a beautiful place that has considerable environmental values. Its water flows into the Broken River and then into the Burdekin.It is home to the Irwin’s Turtle a unique species that was discovered in 1990 by Steve Irwin’s father Bob. 

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 Carmichael mine.

The Reef’s biggest threat is climate change, with three mass bleaching events occurring over the past five years.

Adani plans to eventually scale up its mine to dig 60 million tonnes of coal each year. That will add 4.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, 2 per cent of the carbon dioxide that can be emitted globally to have a better than even chance of keeping global heating below 1.5 degrees.

“This is not a moment for celebration. Future generations of Australians will be battling the serious impacts of climate change. They will look back on today as an abject failure of policy in the face of scientific evidence,” said Mackay Conservation Group campaigner, Sunny Hungerford.

“Where politicians have failed, the public is stepping up to the challenge. Across Australia and around the world people are putting pressure on investors in the Adani project.

“Any investor or contractor supporting Adani is supporting destruction of Wangan and Jagalingou land, Queensland's precious water resources, the Great Barrier Reef and endangered species such as the beautiful Black Throated Finch.

“More than 100 companies have withdrawn support for this project already. We will continue to pressure the remaining few corporations supporting Adani to pull out.

ENDS

Media Contact

Sunny Hungerford 0499 203 431