Kepco had appealed against decision to refuse development proposal to extract 120m tonnes of coal over 25 years
The development of an underground and open-cut coalmine in the Bylong Valley will not be allowed to proceed after a ruling in the NSW land and environment court.
In what environmental campaigners described as a historic win, the court on Friday upheld a decision by the state’s Independent Planning Commission (IPC) to reject Kepco’s proposal for a mine that would extract up to 120m tonnes of coal over 25 years for export.
Continue reading…Kepco had appealed against decision to refuse development proposal to extract 120m tonnes of coal over 25 years The development of an underground and open-cut coalmine in the Bylong Valley will not be allowed to proceed after a ruling in the NSW land and environment court.In what environmental campaigners described as a historic win, the court on Friday upheld a decision by the state’s Independent Planning Commission (IPC) to reject Kepco’s proposal for a mine that would extract up to 120m tonnes of coal over 25 years for export. Continue reading…