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Bimblebox NR/The Bimblebox Alliance (TBA)

@BimbleboxNR

We are volunteers/caretakers of Bimblebox Nature Refuge in QLD's Desert Uplands, fighting to save a Protected Area from coal mining

 Bimblebox NR, Alpha, QLD
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Joined February 2012
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We've got some Court Catching up to do...
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Community can win against coal! edo.org.au/2022/04/22/upper-…
Upper Hunter community wins 22-year battle against Yancoal mine expansion - Environmental Defenders...

Upper Hunter community wins 22-year battle against Yancoal mine expansion - Environmental Defenders...

The Camberwell and Hunter community is celebrating following the news Yancoal’s planned Ashton South East Open Cut coal mine extension has finally bitten the dust. The project’s planning approval...

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#SaveBimblebox #NoMoreCoal abc.net.au/news/2022-05-31/l…
Traditional owners detail the impact of climate change during Waratah Coal challenge

Traditional owners detail the impact of climate change during Waratah Coal challenge

Gimuy Walubara man Jiritju Fourmile tells a court challenge against a Clive Palmer-linked coal mine developer climate change led to the death of thousands of native bats on his traditional country.

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Australia’s greenhouse pollution from coal higher per person than any other developed country, data...

Australia’s greenhouse pollution from coal higher per person than any other developed country, data...

Despite the growth of renewable energy, Australia’s per capita coal emissions of 4.04 tonnes of CO2 a year is nearly four times the global average

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More thoughts from the Land Court...
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@nature_org29 Apr 2022
"To really feel a forest canopy one must use different senses, and often the most useful one is the sense of imagination." ― Joan Maloof #ArborDay🌳
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More from the Land Court
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First Nations challenge over approval of Clive Palmer’s coalmine begins in Queensland theguardian.com/australia-ne…
First Nations challenge over approval of Clive Palmer’s coalmine begins in Queensland

First Nations challenge over approval of Clive Palmer’s coalmine begins in Queensland

Case centres on whether proposed Galilee Coal Project would harm climate and limit human rights

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‘Worst it’s ever been’: a threatened species alarm sounds during the election campaign – and is...

‘Worst it’s ever been’: a threatened species alarm sounds during the election campaign – and is...

Warnings of dramatically escalating extinctions in Australia over the next two decades seem to be falling on deaf ears

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Chris McGrath@DrChrisMcGrath20 Apr 2022
I’ve created a case study of Waratah Coal v Youth Verdict (the Galilee Coal Project climate case) at envlaw.com.au/waratah/. I’ll build on it as the case progresses. I’m super excited about this case. @EDOLawyers have such a great team.
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Sean Ryan@SeanRyan27120 Apr 2022
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@BimbleboxNR & @youthverdict's epic human rights case against Clive Palmer's coal mine, which would unlock billions of tonnes of greenhouse emissions, started at Bimblebox this week with a welcome to country by Wangan Jagalingou people (the proposed mine is on their land)
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Landmark hearing into Clive Palmer’s Galilee Coal Project Legal Challenge Begins - Environmental...

Youth Verdict and The Bimblebox Alliance’s epic human rights, nature and climate legal challenge to Clive Palmer’s proposed Galilee Coal Project has begun. Over six weeks, the Queensland Land Court...

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Elaine Johnson
@Elaine_EnvLaw20 Apr 2022
Today, we commence the hearing of the first human-rights based climate case in Australia. Over the coming weeks, @EDOLawyers clients @youthverdict and @BimbleboxNR will argue the massive Galilee Coal Project must be rejected for its impacts on biodiversity and human rights 👇
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The historic challenge to Clive Palmer’s Galilee Coal Project begins today! The Court will visit the ~8,000ha Bimblebox Nature Refuge, welcomed onto Wangan and Jagalingou Country by Uncle Adrian Burragubba @WJWarriors. We are proudly representing @youthverdict and @BimbleBoxNR.
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A landmark judgement for environmental approval #SaveBimblebox abc.net.au/news/2022-04-03/t…
Landmark climate change legal battle leaves courtroom for remote tropical island

Landmark climate change legal battle leaves courtroom for remote tropical island

In a Queensland first, those opposed to a major coal mining project will give evidence on country and not just in the courtroom.

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