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\"KEPCO<\/p>\n

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. KEPCO did just that and has failed yet again in its efforts to establish a coal mine in New South Wales’ Bylong Valley.<\/p>\n

The Bylong Valley, near Mudgee in the state’s central west, looks to be a very pretty spot and hosts good agricultural land. KEPCO Bylong Australia wanted to establish open-cut and underground mine near the village of Bylong that would have seen 6.5 million tonnes of coal ripped out of the ground each year.<\/p>\n

This coal would then be shipped to South Korea where it would be used to generate electricity in KEPCO’s coal power stations. South Korean government backed KEPCO, an acronym for Korea Electric Power Corporation, is a pretty big deal in its home country, having a monopoly on power transmission and distribution and is also a major electricity generator.<\/p>\n

Bylong Valley locals and their supporters banded together to oppose the project, forming the Bylong Valley Protection Alliance. BVPA was represented by the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), the largest environmental legal centre in the Australia-Pacific.<\/p>\n

KEPCO lodged its Development Application for the mine in July 2015. <\/span>In October 2018, the NSW Department of Planning and Environment (DoPE1<\/a><\/sup> ) published a recommendation stating the project could proceed with conditions<\/a>, and referred it to the Independent Planning Commission.<\/p>\n

On 18 September 2019, the Independent Planning Commission (IPC) announced its decision to refuse the project. Grounds included the proposal failing to contain steps minimising greenhouse gas emissions2<\/a><\/sup> and adverse effects on groundwater resources to the greatest extent practicable.<\/p>\n

KEPCO’s subsequent appeal of that decision in the NSW Land and Environment Court was dismissed in December last year. But KEPCO wasn’t ready to admit defeat, then challenging that decision in the NSW Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the NSW Court of Appeal upheld the decision and ordered KEPCO to pay BVPA’s costs. The full judgement can be viewed here<\/a> (pack a cut lunch before attempting to read it). It’s likely Federal Minister for Resources and Water Keith Pitt won’t be impressed with the result given his passion for coal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

EDO: Time For KEPCO To Walk Away<\/h2>\n

While KEPCO may get full marks for persistence, it’s probably time it got the hint. Commenting on the decision, EDO Managing Lawyer Rana Koroglu said<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the third time this destructive and climate-wrecking coal mine proposal has been defeated \u2013 first in the Independent Planning Commission, then in the Land and Environment Court, and now in the NSW Court of Appeal. It\u2019s time for the proponent KEPCO to walk away.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This victory is another great example of people power prevailing over coal power. Another recent major win was the IPC giving a thumbs-down for the Hume Coal project<\/a>\u00a0 in New South Wales\u2019 Southern Highlands. The community had a significant role in this outcome, with nearly 83% of the total submissions received objecting to the project.<\/p>\n

In other related news, Australian doctors have warned the Federal Government must significantly lift its game on climate change in an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Co-signed by the AMA, RACGP and a bunch of other health organisations, among its points is calling on the Australian Government to commit to an ambitious national plan to protect health by slashing the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with science-based targets this decade. Such a plan would include policies that acknowledge the health benefits of renewable energy and\u00a0 accelerate the transition to renewables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. 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