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NSW Land and Environment Court refuses development approval for Rocky Hill Coal Mine Project on climate change grounds. 13 February 2019. The NSW Land and Environment Court (Court) has refused development consent for the Rocky Hill Coal Project in the Gloucester Valley, citing the mine''s likely contribution to climate change as a key reason.

Feb 11, 2019· The New South Wales Land and Environment Court has rejected an appeal from Gloucester Resources regarding the refusal of its development application for the Rocky Hill coking coal mine.

The Rocky Hill Coal Project is a proposed opencut coal mine located approximately 100 km north of Newcastle, New South Wales. The project occurs within the Gloucester Basin and targets the Gloucester Coal Measures. AGE were engaged by Corkery . Read more Rocky Hill Coal Project

Jul 16, 2019· Rocky Hill is a small open cut project planned in the Gloucester Basin in New South Wales. The project, being proposed by AMCI is targeting export of semihard, high fluidity coking coal.

Sep 18, 2019· Environmental lawyers put Bylong on a hit list of coal projects in NSW immediately after the Rocky Hill judgment.. KEPCO, which has Worley engaged as .

The Rocky Hill coal mine case [see: Rocky Hill mine rejected on climate change grounds] is being hailed as a landmark in "climate litigation" – and not just in Australia. So what is climate litigation? And what''s its impact on companies and governments around the world? A Sydney Morning Herald reporter has some of the answers

Key points: Gloucester Resources will not appeal a decision by the NSW Land and Environment Court refusing a coal mine near Gloucester; Rocky Hill mine''s contribution to climate change was cited ...

READ MORE: Gloucester''s controversial Rocky Hill coking coal mine hears Australiafirst climate change evidence Gloucester residents tell Land and Environment Court that the Rocky Hill mine will destroy their community When fully operational thenbsp;mine would have contributed million tonnes of carbondioxide emissions.

Apr 01, 2019· Mr Buckley''s evidence was that modelling of the international demand for coal showed that coal from the Rocky Hill project was not needed from a technology perspective – that is, the fact that the Rocky Hill mine would have produced coking coal did not mean it should be given special consideration, having regard to its climate change impacts.

The ruling against the Rocky Hill open cut coal mine in NSW attracted a lot of attention for the role climate change played in the decision. But that wasn''t the only reason it got rejected – the verdict also represents a landmark legal decision for Aboriginal communities when it comes to protecting sacred lands from mining interests.

May 08, 2019· The Rocky Hill Coal Project will adversely impact on people''s culture in two key ways: impacts on Aboriginal culture and connection to Country and impact on heritagescenic quality.

Dec 18, 2017· GLOUCESTER residents are celebrating a NSW commission''s rejection of the controversial Rocky Hill coal mine, but say the yearslong battle is not over yet. Gloucester Groundswell has 4500 signatures for a petition to NSW parliament calling on the Berejiklian Government to rescind or buy back the Rocky Hill licence, after the company backing ...

An open cut coal mine is proposed. 1. There is a valley, near Rocky Hill, that a coal mine proposes to cut and fill. The Gloucester valley is a creature of a unique topographic feature. The valley is the floor of a nest, the sides being ranges east and west. The Bucketts is the rocky range to the west. The Mograni range is the mountain range to ...

May 17, 2019· The ruling by the NSW Land and Environment Court on February 8 to reject the Rocky Hill coalmine outside Gloucester is being felt beyond its local community and will have implications for human rights as well as climate change policy. According to Lock the Gate Alliance: "Mining company KEPCO''s new submission to the Independent Planning Commission on its proposed Bylong Valley

Forbesdale Residents tell of their Rocky Hill Pain 16/5/17 Gloucester Residents Angry about Rocky Hill Coal Mine Proposal 14/10/16 Community vows to fight Rocky Hill mine and impacts on local land and water 7/8/16 Rocky Hill Mine a Disaster for Gloucester 26/8/16 Groundswell calls on MidCoast Council to oppose Rocky Hill 23/4/14 Land Access ...

Rocky Hill coal mine will not proceed 13 May, 2019 Steve Zeppa. GLOUCESTER residents will petition the NSW Government to get rid of coal licences from their area after confirmation the Rocky Hill coal mine will not proceed.

The Rocky Hill Coal Project will not proceed. The Project was the result of extensive exploration, geological modelling, mine planning and environmental studies of the Site and surrounding areas.. Below is an outline of the Government process being followed by GRL in seeking approval for the Project.

The Coal Council of Australia (CCA) has condemned the New South Wales Land and Environment Court''s decision to refuse Gloucester Resources'' appeal over the Rocky Hill mine development.

May 10, 2019· Lyford said that since early 2016, after AGL was forced into backing down from its 330well coal seam gas field, and the Rocky Hill Coal Mine refusal, house prices have risen and new industries are starting up. She said that climate change demands that we "step away from fossil fuels, embrace renewables and work towards just transitions".

Denise Gilbert at her Forbesdale residence near Gloucester, which overlooks the proposed Rocky Hill coal mine, pictured in the background. Credit: Liam Driver The commission found economic ...

Feb 11, 2019· The Rocky Hill decision was a "fantastic shot in the arm for us", said Phill Kennedy, a farmer who lives in the Bylong Valley. ... as well as the argument that if coal was not dug up and ...

Rocky Hill Coal Project The Rocky Hill Coal Project is a comparatively small, modern open cut mining proposal that, if approved, will bring jobs and other economic benefits to the ...

In an Australian first, a coal mine has been knocked back on social and climate change grounds. This ruling could change the face of climate litigation forever. On the 8th of February, in a landmark decision that has left environmental groups cheering, the NSW Land and Environment Court ruled that the construction of the proposed Rocky Hill Coal Mine near Gloucester should not go ahead.

Feb 15, 2019· The controversial Rocky Hill opencut coal mine is located in NSW''s Hunter Valley, near the Mid North Coast town of Gloucester. The ruling dismissed Gloucester Resources appeal of the Department of Planning and Environment''s 2017 decision to not approve the mine. At the time, the state''s Planning Minister, Anthony Roberts, refused a mining ...
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