A major new coal mine, at Illawarra in Australia, proposed by Melbourne and London-listed BHP Billiton, has been severely knocked on its head – though not quite killed-off.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, a “scathing review” by the New South Wales’ Planning Assessment Commission “found that society would be better off if the coal remained in the ground”.
Read more at http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10491.