{"id":29232,"date":"2024-09-24T13:43:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=29232"},"modified":"2024-09-24T13:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:43:06","slug":"3-new-coal-mine-extensions-bulldoze-labors-environment-climate-credibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/3-new-coal-mine-extensions-bulldoze-labors-environment-climate-credibility\/","title":{"rendered":"3 new coal mine extensions bulldoze Labors\u2019 environment & climate credibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Greens say Labor can\u2019t be trusted on the environment and climate this election after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek today approved 3 new coal mine extensions<\/u><\/a> in the Hunter Valley NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Albanese Government\u2019s Nature Positive<\/em> legislation remains stalled in the Senate with the Greens calling for climate impacts to be considered as part of the environmental approval process. Today\u2019s decision comes after the environment Minister also approved destroying a native forest<\/u><\/a> on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is Greens Spokesperson for the Environment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Government must rule out approving any new mines until Australia\u2019s environment laws are fixed. That means including the climate impacts of polluting projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Labor Government is deliberately and proactively approving climate wrecking coal mines under laws they know are broken. It\u2019s wrong and irresponsible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis goes to show the Albanese Government has zero credibility on the environment this election after approving 3 coal mine extensions in a single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Prime Minister was over in WA today, boasting that pollution approvals are happening faster under his government than under Scott Morrison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere can now be no doubt for voters this election: the Greens are the only party you can trust on the environment and climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Environment Minister has one job: protect the environment, not the fossil fuel industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLabor approving three more coal projects in the Hunter Valley is a betrayal of everyone who voted for climate action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo have any chance of meeting climate targets there can be no new coal or gas mines, yet Labor has now approved 26 new coal and gas projects since coming to power. Each one will make the climate crisis worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEmissions are higher under Anthony Albanese than last under Scott Morrison, and now Labor has made the climate crisis even worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t put the fire out if you\u2019re pouring petrol on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greens say Labor can\u2019t be trusted on the environment and climate this election after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek today approved 3 new coal mine extensions<\/u><\/a> in the Hunter Valley NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Albanese Government\u2019s Nature Positive<\/em> legislation remains stalled in the Senate with the Greens calling for climate impacts to be considered as part of the environmental approval process. Today\u2019s decision comes after the environment Minister also approved destroying a native forest<\/u><\/a> on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is Greens Spokesperson for the Environment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Government must rule out approving any new mines until Australia\u2019s environment laws are fixed. That means including the climate impacts of polluting projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Labor Government is deliberately and proactively approving climate wrecking coal mines under laws they know are broken. It\u2019s wrong and irresponsible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis goes to show the Albanese Government has zero credibility on the environment this election after approving 3 coal mine extensions in a single day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Prime Minister was over in WA today, boasting that pollution approvals are happening faster under his government than under Scott Morrison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere can now be no doubt for voters this election: the Greens are the only party you can trust on the environment and climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Environment Minister has one job: protect the environment, not the fossil fuel industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLabor approving three more coal projects in the Hunter Valley is a betrayal of everyone who voted for climate action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo have any chance of meeting climate targets there can be no new coal or gas mines, yet Labor has now approved 26 new coal and gas projects since coming to power. Each one will make the climate crisis worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEmissions are higher under Anthony Albanese than last under Scott Morrison, and now Labor has made the climate crisis even worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t put the fire out if you\u2019re pouring petrol on it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Greens say Labor can\u2019t be trusted on the environment and climate this election after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek today approved 3 new coal mine extensions in the Hunter Valley NSW. The Albanese Government\u2019s Nature Positive legislation remains stalled in the Senate with the Greens calling for climate impacts to be considered as part of the environmental approval process. … Continue reading “3 new coal mine extensions bulldoze Labors\u2019 environment & climate credibility”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29233,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29232\/revisions\/29233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}