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The Lock the Gate Alliance is hoping that thenbsp;landmark Land and Environment Court decision to refuse thenbsp;Rocky Hill coal mine nearnbsp;Gloucester, will have implications on the proposed Bylong project currently being reviewed bynbsp;the Independent Planning Commission (IPC).

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 .

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 opencut 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 application.

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

Mining company Gloucester Resources Limited ("Gloucester") had sought permission from the local Department of Planning for permission to open the Rocky Hill mine for the production of a total of ...

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.

Rocky Hill Coal The Judge Who Stood Up Newcastle On. 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

Ostensibly, the case was about whether a Rocky Hill opencut coal mine should be allowed to go ahead. On February 8, in the NSW Land and Environment Court, Chief Justice Brian Preston handed down his decision in an appeal by Gloucester Resources, a company privately held by Hans Juergen Mende, a German billionaire dubbed the "godfather of coal".

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 coal .

Since the recent NSW Land and Environment Court decision regarding the Rocky Hill coal mine proposal (Gloucester Resources Limited v Minister for Planning [2019] NSWLEC 7) (Rocky Hill case), which refused approval for the mine partly on the basis of the Court''s assessment of "downstream" greenhouse gas emissions, there has been a lot of ...

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.

The Rocky Hill coking coal mine planned for the Hunter Valley was rejected yesterday after the NSW Land and Environment Court cited the "dire consequences" of the coal project on global ...

Dear Sir/Madam, I am the owner/manager of Yates Twomey, a second generation retailer in Gloucester NSW I support the Rocky Hill Coal Project (SSD 5156), Stratford Extension Project MOD 1 (SSD 4966 MOD 1).The Gloucester region was developed because of resource mining, from Gold mining,cedar cutting,coal mining (1924,Gloucester Coal Limited ...

The commission in 2017 rejected the nearby Rocky Hill project with a judge subsequently stating the coalmine would increase global greenhouse gas emissions at a time when a "rapid and deep decrease" was required. Mr Barilaro on Tuesday said the mining sector was a major employer in regional NSW which drove investment opportunities and created jobs.

Project Overview The Rocky Hill Coal Project (RHCP) was to be a comparatively small, modern open cut mining proposal that, if approved, would bring jobs and other economic benefits to the people of the Gloucester area.

A number of clients have asked us about the implications of the recent NSW Land and Environment Court decision in Gloucester Resources Limited v Minister for Planning [2019] NSWLEC 7, (where Gloucester Resources Limited''s (GRL) appeal against the Planning Assessment Commission''s refusal of the Rocky Hill Coal Project was lost).. In the table below we have extracted some key commentary by ...

Click above to view detailed map. The proposed Site for the Rocky Hill Coal Project covered an area of approximately 830ha, outside the Hunter Region town of Gloucester, north of Newcastle. The Site comprised two main components

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 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 ...

Project details: Gloucester Resources Limited described the Rocky Hill coal project as a "comparatively small, modern open cut mining proposal" with a project site covering an area of around 830 hectares including the mining area and a private haul road linking it with the nearby Stratford Mining Complex [4].

Stratford Mining Complex to process and despatch coal from Rocky Hill. The 2013 Rocky Hill Project application (the "2013 Project") was opposed by the then Gloucester Shire Council and many other local interest groups. Over 1,370 submissions from individuals opposed the 2013 project, with 327 supporting it.

The Rocky Hill thermal coal mine planned for NSWs Hunter Valley has been rejected due to the dire consequences of climate change following a landmark ruling in the states Land and Environment Court.

Feb 10, 2019· 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 ...

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