Australian anti-coal campaigner visits Weald Action Group

Four campaigners on a pavement in London, fists in the air.
Wendy Wales (second from left) with Weald Action Group campaigners

A community goes to court to challenge the extension of a fossil fuel development. They argue – among other things – that the environmental assessment should have covered the climate impacts of burning the fuel to be produced. They lose in the first court and take their case to the court of appeal….

Sound familiar?

It’s not the Weald Action Group this time, but a local group fighting coal in New South Wales, Australia.

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Proposed planning policy updates on onshore oil and gas: some improvements, much more needed

The Weald Action Group has responded to the government’s consultation on proposed changes to planning policy (the National Planning Policy Framework, or NPPF). 

Current planning policy allows for – and positively encourages – oil and gas development within licenced areas. The new draft contains some changes – but unfortunate wording and omissions undermine some of the improvements.

Read our submission here 

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