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Coal Mining on Food Producing Land

The expanding coal industry has been invading some of Queensland's best food producing land, and farming community groups have been fighting to stay on the land.

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China First, Environmental Approvals Later

Conservation and community groups in Queensland have responded with grave concerns to the announcement of a coal mining deal in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland between China and mining magnate Clive Palmer, and the speed with which Premier Bligh has jumped on the bandwagon. But the groups say that without any completed environmental assessments, no water access, no transport links and no mining development lease, it is severely premature to assume that the China First proposal has an automatic green light.

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Climate Radio Covers the China First debate

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The China First coal mine in the Galilee Basin has been big news from Alpha to the New York Times. This week, Jess Minshall from Climate Radio on 4SER interviewed Brad from Six Degrees to get the latest on this massive deal.

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Activists to pay over $4000 in fines for blockade action

Yesterday the court upheld a decision to fine Six Degrees activists Steve and Nathan over $4000 for their role in disrupting coal loading at the Brisbane Coal Port in October. This is a blow to citizens wanting to take real climate action in Queensland.

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Farms to be protected from coal mining!

"Dig Gardens Not Coal Mines"

Whilst the news of Clive Palmer's maybe-binding-maybe-not multi million tonne coal deal with China has dominated the news this week and highlighted Queensland's ongoing love affair with the coal industry we have had a substantial win on another front.

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Galilee coal deal to put another nail in climate coffin

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Friends of the Earth Brisbane join calls from the Mackay Conservation Group for the Queensland Government to reconsider its support for the China First coal project in central Queensland town of Alpha.

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Podcasts: The Carolers Against Coal

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In this previously unreleased version, The Carolers Against Coal sing all your favourite Christmas tunes. A sneak peek of their forthcoming album....

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Coal spills in Executive Building as Elves, Farmers confront Bligh over farmland

Coal is not on my Christmas List.

Elves upended sacks of coal in the executive building at lunchtime today as others delivered 300 Christmas cards to the Premier, to the tune of a choir coal carolers.

The 300 Christmas cards were individually penned by Brisbane residents and were presented to the premier along with sacks of coal by Friends of the Earth activists dressed as elves.

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Copenhagen Failure: Brisbane Demands Action

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This morning, immediately following the end of the climate talks in Copenhagen, Friends of the Earth activists took to the streets and bridges of Brisbane, denouncing the failure of the negotiations and imploring community members to take action.

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Land Access Strategy fails Queensland's landholders

You Can't Eat Coal for Breakfast

The Queensland Government has proudly announced its commitment to introduce new measures to improve relationships between farmers and resource companies through its Land Access Strategy. But a commitment to easing access to farmland for mining development falls woefully short of the type of Land Protection Strategy that is desired by farmers across the state facing land acquisition from mining interests. This commitment does nothing to provide any meaningful security to land holders, to prime agricultural lands, or to high value conservation areas all at risk by the continuing expansion of coal. 

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