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9 May 2006
Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon today congratulated the
local community for the big win in pushing Centennial Coal to cancel
their plans to establish the Awaba coalmine near Lake Macquarie.
"People power has won over the might of a massive coal mining company
set to plunder the astonishing beauty of this area," Ms Rhiannon
said.
"If the Awaba open cut coal mine had gone ahead it would have had a
detrimental impact on the health of local people.
"This is a huge win for the community that will reverberate up the
Hunter Valley.
"Now is the time for Centennial Coal to do the same thing and back
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London Rising Tide is hosting an open meeting for people who want to find out more about the camp, and discuss the idea of a London neighbourhood or barrio.
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EXTINCTIONS LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE
>A new report that links global warming to the recent
>extinction of dozens of amphibian species in tropical America
is more evidence of a large phenomena that may affect broad regions,
many animal species and ultimately humans, according to researchers
at Oregon State University.
>
>A study being published in the journal Nature finds
>compelling evidence that global climate change created favorable
conditions for a pathogenic fungus in Central and South America.
That fungus, in turn, led to widespread extinctions of harlequin
frogs at middle elevations of mountainous regions.
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