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Whitehaven growth plans are a bet on failure of world’s climate policies
October 04, 2023
Current industry coal price forecasts are consistent with over 2.5°C of global warming. With just a 10% drop from these prices, in line with implementing existing climate policies, constructing the proposed new mines would...
Read More ShareEnvironment lawyers challenge EPA decision on Whitehaven coal mine
October 03, 2023
The state's top environmental regulator is being taken to court, accused of failing to consider a "litany" of environmental breaches Whitehaven's Maules Creek Coal mine in Narrabri has committed in the past eight years....
Read More ShareKeep Whitehaven coal out of Queensland
September 30, 2023
The Winchester South Coal Project is a new open-cut thermal and metallurgical coal mine in Central Queensland proposed by Whitehaven Coal.
Read More ShareMiner claims pain ongoing from blast at Whitehaven's Maules Creek Mine, court hears
September 20, 2023
A court has heard from a Boggabri Coal worker that a blast from Whitehaven's coal mine left him with a constant ringing in his ears that still affects his ability to sleep.
Read More ShareWhitehaven keeping market ‘misinformed’, major investor alleges
September 18, 2023
One of Whitehaven Coal’s largest investors has accused the company of telling a select number of shareholders that it would delay its share buyback program and was interested in buying two massive coking coal...
Read More ShareLiving Wonders Court Challenged Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s failure to act on the climate impacts of two huge coal projects.
August 31, 2023
Environmental Council of Central Queensland (ECoCEQ) and Environmental Justice Australia have lost their court challenge to Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s failure to act on the climate impacts of two huge coal projects.
Read More ShareWhitehaven’s plans could double its methane emissions, think tank warns
August 17, 2023
Whitehaven Coal’s plans to expand its mining operations could double the miner’s methane emissions by the end of the decade, undermining Australia’s global climate commitments, global clean energy and climate think tank Ember says....
Read More ShareNAB says no to financing Whitehaven Coal
July 17, 2023
Media Release - Monday, July 17 2023 People power wins as Whitehaven Coal fails to renew $1billion rotating debt facility, previously financed by NAB and other banks
Read More Share‘What went wrong here?’: Big banks refuse coal king $1b debt refinance
July 17, 2023
Australia’s big banks have turned their backs on the country’s largest pure-play coal miner, refusing to refinance a billion-dollar debt in a major rebuff that will force Whitehaven Coal to source loans offshore, sending...
Read More ShareBushfire survivors vow to keep fighting for climate-vulnerable communities after court upholds Whitehaven coal mine expansion
July 09, 2023
The Land and Environment Court has ruled the Independent Planning Commission’s approval of the Narrabri Coal Mine expansion was legally reasonable even though the project will emit the equivalent of Australia’s total annual CO2...
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