The NSW Independent Planning Commission charts new ground with United Wambo expansion plan

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated August 4 2019 - 9:28pm, first published 6:00pm
Commitment: Part of the giant United Wambo mine complex at Singleton. The NSW Independent Planning Commission has proposed expansion conditions of consent linking the mine to Australia's climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement in a NSW first.
Commitment: Part of the giant United Wambo mine complex at Singleton. The NSW Independent Planning Commission has proposed expansion conditions of consent linking the mine to Australia's climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement in a NSW first.

AUSTRALIA'S climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement could be linked to a NSW coal mine for the first time under proposed conditions for a Hunter mine expansion that have been both welcomed and criticised by environment groups.

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