Mudgee

Xstrata Ulan coal mine expansion required to offset greenhouse gas emissions

Submitted by takver on Thu, 15/12/2011 - 12:34pm

In a landmark judgement concerning climate change, a judge in the NSW Land and Environment Court has given approval for the expansion of the Xstrata Ulan coal mine near Mudgee in Central western New South Wales, but conditional on the mine offsetting all of its greenhouse gas emissions generated in mining the coal.

Background: June 2011 - Legal Challenge to Xstrata Ulan Coal mine expansion

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New South Wales
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Feature
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climate change
coal
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