AN expert panel will speak about impacts of coal mining on water catchments at a “Protect Our Water” Forum in Wollongong on Wednesday. Illawarra Residents for Responsible Mining spokesman Gavin Workman said the forum speakers will explain how underground coal mining is damaging the water catchment and how coal mining can contaminate catchment rivers and … Continue reading
THE push to have Wollongong’s coal train wagons covered has stepped up a notch with Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon and Wollongong councillor Jill Merrin meeting with Illawarra Residents for Responsible Mining group at Bellambi station. Cr Merrin said people who live anywhere near the South Coast Railway in Wollongong know about the constant black dust … Continue reading
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