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New Queensland coal mine approved after state battered by catastrophic climate-induced cyclone and floods
February 08, 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 closer to approval.
Read More ShareBest moments of 2023!
December 21, 2023
As we bid farewell to 2023, let's take a moment to celebrate the incredible strides made by people-powered movements. This year has been a testament to the strength and resilience of our communities across...
Read More ShareMany countries are tackling methane emissions head on - but Australia risks falling behind.
November 24, 2023
In the lead up to COP 28, China and the EU have announced major methane policies.
Read More ShareA new level of success on NAB
November 21, 2023
Move Beyond Coal’s campaign to get NAB out of funding climate wrecker Whitehaven Coal has hit a new level of impact and success. Last week in their 2023 Climate Report, NAB announced the following:...
Read More ShareWhitehaven Coal's AGM Fiasco
October 26, 2023
The Gomeroi people have been battling Whitehaven’s coal expansions for years. In 2021, a group of Gomeroi elders released a statement calling for a stop to all new coal and gas projects, and expansions...
Read More ShareWhitehaven Coal has just blown billions of dollars buying two massive low-quality coal mines from BHP Mitsubishi.
October 18, 2023
Whitehaven Coal has just blown billions of dollars buying two massive low-quality coal mines from BHP Mitsubishi.
Read More ShareLiving Wonders Court Challenge Lost
October 11, 2023
Environmental Council of Central Queensland (ECoCEQ) and Environmental Justice Australia have lost their court challenge to Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s failure to act on the climate impacts of two huge coal projects.
Read More ShareLabor's Safeguard Mechanism climate scheme could give millions of dollars to 10 major coal mines for doubling their emissions.
October 05, 2023
A new report from Lock The Gate Alliance has revealed Labor's safeguard mechanism policy will pay 10 coal mines to INCREASE their emissions by more than double. This is utter hypocrisy.
Read More SharePolling summary
September 21, 2023
New polling results show voters across Australia and in Tanya Plibersek’s electorate of Sydney want Environment Minister Plibersek to stop approving new coal and gas projects.
Read More ShareFighting, not sinking: The Pacific plea for Australian climate action
August 16, 2023
As heat records tumble and the sea level rises, Fijians on the front lines of the Pacific climate crisis want Australia and other global emitters to do more of the heavy lifting.
Read More ShareKeep Whitehaven coal out of Queensland
August 03, 2023
The Winchester South Coal Project is a new open-cut thermal and metallurgical coal mine in Central Queensland proposed by Whitehaven Coal.
Read More ShareNAB says no to financing Whitehaven Coal
July 17, 2023
Media Release - Monday, July 17 2023 People power wins as Whitehaven Coal fails to renew $1billion rotating debt facility, previously financed by NAB and other banks
Read More ShareNew IEEFA report urgently recommends more ambitious methane targets
July 07, 2023
A recent report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has shed light on the concerning underreporting of methane emissions by coal and gas companies in Australia.
Read More Share3 legal cases challenging Whitehaven’s coal expansion and our Government’s inaction on the climate crisis.
June 29, 2023
Whitehaven's Narrabri mine expansion would become the dirtiest thermal coalmine in Australia.
Read More ShareAustralian coal company Tigers Realm Coal still mining in Russia despite war sanctions
June 23, 2023
More than a year on from the invasion of Ukraine, it's been revealed that Australian coal company Tigers Realm Coal is STILL mining coal in Russia.
Read More ShareSnap protest over Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek's decision to approve her first coal mine
May 18, 2023
Our movement was out in force on Friday 12 May, after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek's decision to approve her first coal mine!
Read More ShareNot my job: Environment Minister says climate science is not relevant to new coal and gas approvals
May 12, 2023
Community and environment groups are outraged by Minister Tanya Plibersek’s decision to dismiss the climate harm of three huge new coal and gas proposals on Australia’s nationally significant places, plants and animals.
Read More ShareTanya Plibersek to give green light to Isaac River project in central Queensland
May 12, 2023
The Australian government has approved a new coalmine development for the first time since it was elected last year.
Read More ShareWhitehaven digs in on climate denial with Vickery coal mine investment announcement
April 21, 2023
Today’s quarterly report announcement by Whitehaven Coal that its board has “approved commencement of early mining” of coal from its Vickery mine is an outrageous move which trashes the climate and further destroys Whitehaven’s...
Read More ShareAustralia’s mining methane is 60% higher than the amount we report to the UNFCCC, accord to the International Energy Agency’s Global Methane Tracker Report.
February 28, 2023
Australia’s mining methane is 60% higher than the amount we report to the UNFCCC, accord to the International Energy Agency’s Global Methane Tracker Report.
Read More ShareLaunch of the Adani's Toxic Bonds site
February 28, 2023
Adani’s Toxic Bonds site calls out Adani's biggest bondholders and facilitators and their (lack of) commitments to deny new debt to Adani Group.
Read More ShareTanya Plibersek killed off Clive Palmer’s coal mine. It’s an Australian first – but it may never happen again
February 09, 2023
Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has formally rejected mining magnate Clive Palmer’s proposed Central Queensland Coal Project. Her decision was based on the risk of damage to the Great Barrier Reef, freshwater creeks and...
Read More ShareAdani Investigation: Is Billionaire Company Adani The Biggest Corporate Con Job In History?
February 02, 2023
The Project: Australia’s corporate regulator is investigating mining giant Adani amid claims it’s pulled off one of the biggest cons in corporate history.
Read More ShareNAB’s Climate Report is full of greenwash
November 29, 2022
Since launching the Move Beyond Coal movement and the NAB #NotAnotherDollar for Whitehaven Coal campaign in September, almost 1,000 people have emailed NAB executives directly asking them to rule out funding for Whitehaven Coal!...
Read More ShareAustralia’s ‘cleaner coal’ is a systematic export scam, Wilkie to tell parliament
November 22, 2022
Australian coal exporters have been falsifying data to suggest their coal is cleaner than it is in order to increase its export price in a scam involving two testing laboratories, major accountancy firms and...
Read More ShareCoal mine approval decisions on Minister Plibersek's desk could lead to over 17bn tonnes of carbon pollution
September 26, 2022
Last updated: 26 September 2022 There are currently 29 coal mining projects that are referred for assessment under Australia’s Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. These coal mining expansion projects require approval decisions by...
Read More ShareTackling Australia’s Coal Mine Methane Problem
September 25, 2022
The IEA estimated that Australian coal mines emitted 1.8 million tonnes of methane in 2021, double the officially reported figures. Independent satellite measurements have also uncovered underreporting of methane emissions from Australian coal mines....
Read More ShareTraditional Owners and farmers defeat the Shenhua Watermark open-cut coal mine.
September 09, 2022
By Alys Marshall, ABC Rural, Sat 3 Sep 2022. To travel through the Liverpool Plains in New South Wales is to drive through paddocks of yellow sunflowers, white bolls of cotton and green rows of wheat,...
Read More SharePrime Minister Anthony Albanese reassures mining and energy bosses while Labor does climate deal in Senate
September 09, 2022
David Crowe and Mike Foley, SMH, September 5, 2022 Albanese told industry chiefs and the Minerals Council of Australia over dinner in Parliament House he wanted to increase public investment in mining to “unlock more...
Read More ShareCoalmine expansions for Hunter region would cause almost 1bn tonnes of emissions
September 06, 2022
The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission has approved a coalmine expansion in the state’s Upper Hunter region that would cause almost 1bn tonnes of carbon emissions. The decision will allow MACH Energy to...
Read More SharePakistan floods: One-third of the country under water
August 30, 2022
Deadly monsoon rains and flash flooding recently in Pakistan have killed over 1000 people, displaced millions and damaged over 700,000 homes. One-third of Pakistan has been completely submerged by historic flooding, its climate minister...
Read More ShareThe one-year celebration of Waddananggu
August 26, 2022
A year ago*, the Wangan & Jagalingou people commenced a ceremony at the edge of Adani’s Carmichael mine, after calling for a stop work order from the Queensland Government to protect their sacred Doongmabulla...
Read More ShareDendrobium coalmine expansion under Sydney’s water catchment abandoned by mining company
August 22, 2022
By Lisa Cox, The Guardian, 23 Aug 2022 The Australian mining company South32 has abandoned plans to expand its Dendrobium metallurgical coalmine in the New South Wales Illawarra region. In an announcement to the...
Read More ShareWhitehaven Coal is one of Australia’s biggest thermal coal producers.
August 11, 2022
Whitehaven is planning to double its coal production with four major new coal projects. Just three of those mines would unleash almost 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon emissions. The world’s scientists warn that all...
Read More ShareWho’s funding Whitehaven’s coal expansion?
August 10, 2022
Whitehaven is funded by some of the world’s biggest financial institutions. These banks are enabling Whitehaven to accelerate global heating, destroy the environment and violate Aboriginal land rights.Whitehaven needs about $2 billion to finance...
Read More ShareWhitehaven Coal’s decade of incidents, fines and breaches of the law
August 03, 2022
Whitehaven are serial offenders who have repeatedly broken the law, with devastating consequences for water, the environment and local communities. Whitehaven’s 4 existing open cut coal mines mines in the Namoi Valley in Northwestern...
Read More ShareLabor faces decisions on approval of up to 27 coal projects
July 11, 2022
Adam Morton, SMH, Mon 11 Jul 2022 The Albanese government could face decisions on whether to approve up to 27 coal mining developments, based on applications lodged under national environment laws. An analysis by...
Read More ShareGreenhouse emissions from Australia’s coalmines could be twice as high as official figures say
June 08, 2022
Ember thinktank report based on IEA estimate suggests coal contributes more to climate crisis than all the cars on Australian roads. Twice as much greenhouse gas could be leaking from Australian coalmines than is...
Read More Share8 years behind schedule: What Adani has vs what was planned
November 30, 2021
In 2010, Adani spent billions buying the Carmichael mining rights and the coal port at Abbot Point. It planned to open Australia’s biggest ever coal mine in 2014 and a coal port on the...
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