End coal pollution on the Central Coast to protect community and environmental health
Petitioner:
Ms Suzie Brown
| Member:
Boyd, Abigail
| No. of Signatories:
555
| Date closed:
12/10/2023
| Status:
Presented 21/11/2023
To the President and Members of the Legislative Council, the petitioners of New South Wales, especially the residents of the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie state that premature deaths, terminal illnesses, asthma, and chronic health problems have been experienced by residents of the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie as a result of decades of air and water pollution from local coal power stations and their associated coal ash dams. The petitioners request that the House implements the 16 recommendations from the Coal Ash Inquiry of the Public Works Committee report dated 4 March 2021, and not grant any exemption licences or extensions to the life of coal power stations in New South Wales, especially Vales Point and Eraring power stations.
