Right now, a company called Mantle Mining is test drilling in Bacchus Marsh, just 60km West of Melbourne, with plans to start digging up and exporting dirty brown coal at the expense of valuable farmlands, its owners wishes, and a safe climate future for us all.
Switch Off Coal has taken some initial actions against this project, influencing an original investor to pull out, sitting in at the office of new financier Cygnet Capital and last week halting test drilling for a day – but now we need your help.
To stop this project going ahead, we need a massive community response, and that's why we're inviting you to a meeting on Thursday the 13th of October. We will be discussing what has occured to date, and also strategy for the ongoing campaign.
Please come along and get involved. This is the first major new coal development in our state in some fifteen years. We need to step up now and show that the social license of coal has been revoked