Say no to Clive Palmer’s massive new coal mine by Monday May 6.
The most important reason for opposing this development is the precedent it will set for mining in Nature Refuges in Queensland.
Ultimately we need to have the law in Queensland changed so that mining is not permitted in Nature Refuges, just as it is not permitted in National Parks. This will mean that land managers will not be discouraged from protecting and conserving the biodiversity on the 90 % of land under private control while it is being sustainably used for farming, tourism, etc. See http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/ecosystems/nature-refuges/
Please send a submission today. Fill in the form at the link in the email appended below.
Grahame Rogers | Membership BirdLife Southern Queensland PO Box 5457 Stafford Heights Qld 4053 southernqld@birdlife.org.au | birdlife.org.au ABN 75 149 124 744
Dear Bimblebox Supporters,
You may have heard that Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal has put out its Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the China First coal mine*. This mine would destroy Bimblebox Nature Refuge. We have until Monday (6^th May) to put in submission on the SEIS.
You can make your submission here http://bimblebox.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1f79b799ffbebc24d65460035&id=07c4c3ace8&e=92c5a080ed.
After a mammoth effort late in 2011, together, we managed to get almost 2000 submissions in to the Coordinator General, and sent a clear message to the Queensland Government that mining on a Nature Refuge is not acceptable. Many of you may agree with us that a coal mine of this scale is not acceptable anywhere.
Over the last couple of weeks we have done our best to trawl through more than *4000 pages of SEIS* and pull out the key issues we need to highlight to the Government. We now have 5 days to get this brief summary submission out to everyone in our networks and show our politicians the breadth and depth of support for Bimblebox and concern about this disastrous mine.
Please share the link and text below with friends, colleagues, family and any organisations you are part of. Can we reach 5000 submissions against this mine? Not without your help. After you’ve signed the submission http://bimblebox.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1f79b799ffbebc24d65460035&id=51cdff8fa3&e=92c5a080ed please share it on facebook, twitter and email.
Thanks for your support,
The Bimblebox Team
P.S. you can also download, print, sign and send a slightly longer submission at our website http://bimblebox.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1f79b799ffbebc24d65460035&id=504178cc67&e=92c5a080ed. Why not print 10 or 20 and head to the local markets with a clipboard and pen?
