another anvil hill challenge!!

Hopefully you are all coming up to the Hunter Valley on the weekend of June 2-3 to confront the Anvil Hill coal mine!!! Lots of people will be there (there is much local opposition!!!) for more info, go to the Anvil Hill Alliance website.

xA.


From the EDO:

Dear All,

Today in the Federal Court the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) -
acting for Anvil Hill Project Watch Association Inc - will commence a
new legal action against the proposed Anvil Hill coal mine. The case
relates to the decision by the Commonwealth govt to not declare Anvil
Hill a 'controlled action' under the Federal EPBC Act. The EDO will
argue that the Commonwealth was wrong to find that a measurable impact
on matters of national environmental significance was necessary, above
and beyond the contribution that the Project's greenhouse gas emissions
will make to climate change. We believe that this is the first time a
coal mine in NSW has faced such a challenge.

For details of the case please contact Christine Phelps, President of
Anvil Hill Project Watch Association on: 0418 478 011

Regards,

Ian Ratcliff

Acting Principal Solicitor

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDER'S OFFICE (NSW) LTD
Level 1, 89 York Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
ph 61 2 9262 6989
fax 61 2 9262 6998
www.edo.org.au/edonsw