mining coal on a rocky hill

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  Environmental law: Environmental impact, human rights and …

  201961 · Probably the most controversial and much discussed aspect of the recent court refusal of planning approval for the Rocky Hill coal mine is how the court supported its decision by drawing on international jurisprudence linking fossil fuels and climate change.

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  Landmark Rocky Hill ruling could pave the way for more …

  2019211 · On Friday, Chief Judge Brian Preston of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court handed down a landmark judgement confirming a decision to refuse a new open-cut coal mine near Gloucester in the Hunter Valley. The proposed Rocky Hill mine’s contribution to climate change was one of the key reasons cited for refusing the …

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  Amended Rocky Hill Coal Project Part 14 Social Impact …

  Since the exhibition of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Rocky Hill Coal Project in 2013, Gloucester Resources Limited has reached an agreement with Yancoal Australia Limited to utilise the existing facilities at the nearby Stratford Mining Complex to process and despatch coal mined from the Rocky Hill Mine Area.

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  Australia: Rocky Hill coal mine case paves way for stronger …

  201979 · "Rocky Hill coal mine case paves way for stronger legal protections for Aboriginal heritage", 9 july 2019. On February 8 this year, the NSW Land and Environment Court (Preston CJ) rejected the mining company Gloucester Resources Limited’s appeal to develop the Rocky Hill Coal mine...

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  Independent Planning Commission - Home

  20171214 · On 23 October 2017, the Planning Assessment Commission received from the Department of Planning and Environment a State significant development application from Gloucester Resources Limited (the …

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  COAL MINING IMPACT ON LAND USE/LAND COVER IN

  2024110 · A detailed understanding of the impact of coal mining on changes in land use/land cover pattern and fragmentation on time and space is pre-requisite for the district.

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  One billion tonnes in mining emissions approved despite …

  202113 · The billion tonnes of greenhouse emissions would be generated by third parties like overseas power plants burning the coal and gas produced over the life of six projects approved since February ...

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  New NSW coal mine refused due to impacts on environment …

  2019927 · Rocky Hill was a recent landmark decision of the NSW Land and Environment Court, which refused consent to the proposed coal mine partially on climate change grounds (see our commentary on Rocky Hill here ).

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  Australian billionaires face steep challenge to …

  201928 · Plans for a new coal mine near Gloucester, on the NSW mid-north coast, are scuttled by the Chief Justice of the Land and Environment Court, who claimed it would be in the "wrong place at the wrong ...

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