CCC continues to lobby the State and Federal Governments to reduce emissions targets and to focus less on carbon trading and more on the development of renewables and alternative energies.

Although we have put up with the environmental impacts of coal mining in Queensland in the past, the forecast boom in mining development will create a massive degradation of the environment which is no longer acceptable.

The Connors River, the only remaining ‘wild’ river in the Fitzroy Basin is to be damned(sic) for the sake of the sulphurous, low grade, steaming coal,mega-mines in the Galilee Basin. CCC wrote to Minister Burke urging him to consider the potential impact on the vulnerable Fitzroy River Turtle

Coal Mining, Coal Seam Gas wells and Shale Oil/Gas mining should be strictly off limits for the coastal areas adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and GBR Marine Park

Vegetation and land clearing is a complex issue for everyone. You need two permits for clearing remnant vegetation