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Coal Dust | What it means for you and your family

If POSCO/Hume Coal gains approval to mine under the Southern Highland’s fragile aquifer, it will place a giant coal stockpile, six storeys high and nearly a kilometre long on Berrima’s doorstep. Coal dust generated from this stockpile will threaten catastrophic … Continue reading

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After 185 years, Berrima Faces a Battle To Survive BIG coal

As Australia’s last intact mainland Georgian Village gets ready to celebrate 185 years in 2016, Berrima has a fight on its hands from a mine proposal set to open on our doorstep. Less than 2 kilometres from our nation’s historic village, Hume … Continue reading

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