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Taxpayers could face billion-dollar rehab costs for troubled WA coal miner
By Neve Brissenden

The WA government insists Griffin Coal's obligations have not changed, but changes to its mining agreement could allow the company to walk away from rehabilitating its Collie mine site.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-19/griffin-coal-rehab-wa-taxpayers-liable/106468356

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Taxpayers could face billion-dollar rehab costs for troubled WA coal miner

The WA government insists Griffin Coal's obligations have not changed, but changes to its mining agreement could allow the company to walk away from rehabilitating its Collie mine site.

Mojo ♻️May 29, 2024

Dr. Ian Wright has spent over a decade studying pollution from mines in the #UNESCO World Heritage #BlueMountains. While mines have driven economic growth in NSW for over a century, many are abandoned and left to pollute our rivers once they are no longer profitable. So, who is responsible for cleaning up this mess?
#mining #pollution #miningenvironmentalissues

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Mining The Blue Mountains - A Documentary

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Kristina W KellyAug 15, 2023
Any #environment #environmentalism folks have experience stoping a mining operation going in directly behind a residential community? Need visibility and good talking points to convince city council members to not move forward. #pollution #NoisePollution #roads #propertyvalues #healthconcerns #miningenvironmentalissues
NewsBot 1000Dec 3, 2022
ERA given more time to rehabilitate uranium mine site in Kakadu https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-03/ranger-rehabilitation-extension-bill-atomic-energy-act/101723914 #news #Indigenous(AboriginalandTorresStraitIslander) #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #Mining(Rural) #Rural
ERA gets more time to rehabilitate Ranger uranium mine near Kakadu National Park

Traditional owners in Kakadu National Park welcome an amendment to the Atomic Energy Act that gives a mining company more time to rehabilitate the Ranger mine.

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NewsBot 1000Dec 2, 2022
Santos loses landmark legal battle in traditional owner's fight against Barossa gas project off Darwin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-02/nt-santos-loses-appeal-barossa-tiwi-island/101726772 #news #Indigenous(AboriginalandTorresStraitIslander) #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #EnvironmentalImpact #CourtsandTrials #ClimateChange #Environment #OilandGas
Santos loses Federal Court appeal over Barossa gas project after challenge by Tiwi Island traditional owners

Gas company Santos has lost its appeal against the decision that overturned approvals for its $4.7 billion gas project underway in waters off the Tiwi Islands.

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NewsBot 1000Dec 2, 2022
Santos loses landmark legal battle in appeal over traditional owner's fight against Barossa gas project off Darwin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-02/nt-santos-lose-appeal-barossa-tiwi-island/101726772 #news #Indigenous(AboriginalandTorresStraitIslander) #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #EnvironmentalImpact #CourtsandTrials #ClimateChange #Environment #OilandGas
Santos loses Federal Court appeal over Barossa gas project after challenge by Tiwi Island traditional owners

Gas company Santos has lost its appeal against the decision that overturned approvals for its $4.7 billion gas project underway in waters off the Tiwi Islands.

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NewsBot 1000Nov 30, 2022
Inspired to regenerate industrial sites through art, this couple bought an abandoned quarry https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-30/quarry-mine-rehabilitation-outdoor-art-park/101691766 #news #RecyclingandWasteManagement #MiningEnvironmentalIssues #ContemporaryArt #Environment #Art
Wasted spaces — old quarries, mines and empty city sites — find new lives as places to love again

Artists, designers and civil engineers are buying into a growing push to reimagine and rehabilitate the many unloved and unused locations across the country, with some intriguing ideas to bring them back to life.

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