Leave it in the ground
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/07/wheres-the-accountability-indigenous-elders-decry-irreparable-coalmine-damage-to-heritage-site

#FirstNations #fossilfuels #watersupply
#dendrobium #illawarra
#JuukanGorge #RioTinto

#Sydney is among the few cities anywhere in the world to allow mining within its #watercatchment areas. Scientists have argued for years that the longwalls were causing cracks to reach the surface, diverting water away from some of the 1,000 upland swamps in the #Woronora plateau and reducing inflows into nearby dams.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969720383054?dgcid=author

‘Where’s the accountability?’: Indigenous elders decry ‘irreparable’ coalmine damage to heritage site

Exclusive: Leaders warn damage to artwork at Dendrobium coalmine in NSW could be a ‘second Juukan Gorge’

The Guardian