Protect Our Water Alliance

We lose millions of litres of drinking water from Sydney and Wollongong’s water catchment every single day as a result of the impacts of mining on our water catchment.

Huge show of support for Palestine, Gaza and the Palestine solidarity movement at @Sydney_Uni this morning while Zionists conduct their cynical 'march for a safe campus'. Real safety means thriving communities. That and genocide just don't mix.

Can we have confidence that settling ponds are going to be okay if we get lots and lots of rain in a very short period of time?

Can we have confidence that people in Russell Vale won’t have to deal with coal wash in their front yards?

Heavy rain is predicted for Wollongong this weekend. What are the operators of the mines in this city doing to ensure predicted heavy rain won’t pollute waterways? Can we have confidence that we won’t see coal wash in creeks.

*If* wildlife spotters and catchers aren’t checking trees before they’re destroyed, animals such as this devine baby black-footed tree-rat, a listed threatened species, are almost certainly being condemned and crushed to death. Is this your ‘Nature Positive’, @tanya_plibersek?

The state defending the state. Up to 100 police at Lee Point, where an Australian Government housing development will see savanna woodland bulldozed. Larrakia elders are being denied access to their Country on site. au.news.yahoo.com/developers-bul…

I’m told 18 protesters were arrested today, yet allegedly clearing is occurring without fauna spotters & catchers & areas that shouldn’t be cleared have been? If true, why aren’t breaches of environmental law & regulations punished? Is this Nature Positive, @tanya_plibersek?

SAVE LEE POINT IN SYDNEY outside @tanya_plibersek office right now! @EuanRitchie1 @kirsty_howey @JonDeeOz @leepointcamp @wildaboutsydney @BobBrownFndn #GouldianFinch #saveleepoint

How will @tanya_plibersek’s time as Environment Minister be remembered?

A Lee Point defender being escorted by mounted police from the site.

The bulldozers destroying habitat for endangered Gouldian Finches, black-footed tree rats and over 270 bird species at Binybara/Lee Point. This is a place beloved by thousands of people across Darwin. Its loss is a failure of our environment laws, and deeply upsetting.

Finland is aiming to go carbon neutral in 15 years. They're creating jobs by boosting #renewables and saving trees. Its CO2 emissions have already dropped 21% since 1990s levels. We have the solutions, let's speed it up and implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy

An update from Styx forest defenders in court today — Bob & Colette have pled not guilty and their cases are adjourned until 5 July. Ali's case has been adjourned for judgement & sentencing tomorrow after spending two months in prison. #politas

Russell Vale locals are reporting that Brokers Rd was covered in coal after this morning’s heavy rain, and coal was strewn across resident’s yards. Truly shocking, but entirely foreseeable.

Over 100ml of rain at Russell Vale, over 170ml of rain at Helensburgh, debris on the roads at Mt Kembla — how are the coal mines at these locations looking this morning? Who checks whether the settling ponds overflowed? Who takes samples from the creeks?

The ABC’s Kelly Fuller looks at what could be next for coal mines at Russell Vale and Wongawilli — is there a rehabilitation plan for these two mines that run under Sydney and Wollongong’s water catchment?

Can't wait for this satellite to expose all the coal and gas projects in Australia that have been underestimating their emissions for years. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Forest defender Brent Rogers has been arrested after attaching himself to logging machinery in the Styx Valley of the Giants. “The next generation is watching as the last stands of majestic eucalypts are being slaughtered.” #Politas bobbrown.org.au/forest-protest…

From the start of its pipeline, to its gasfield in the Pilliga, Santos' still-not-built Narrabri Gas Project faces unwavering community opposition. It's time Santos gave up on this decade-old delusion. newcastleherald.com.au/story/8547748/…