News January 2002

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30 January 2002 The long and deadly highway (Princes Highway) Paul McInerney, Illawarra Mercury

30 January 2002 Education will stop deaths (Princes Highway) Illawarra Mercury

24 January 2002 State Govt to decide future of proposed charcoal factory ABC News

24 January 2002 Charcoalition media release Yellow Ribbon Day at Mogo

23 January 2002 Submissions on charcoal plant a record Kate Bradstreet, Canberra Times N.B. Bay Post 25 January 2002 claims 1513 submissions were received, 15 of these were for the development. N.B. Charcoalition has been advised that planningNSW will continue to accept and consider submissions until the decision is made, but these late submissions will have no legal status.

22 January 2002 1400 submissions on charcoal plant Monica Boogs, Canberra Times

21 January 2002 Pollution warning on power station Brian Robins, Sydney Morning Herald (article available for a month only)

17 January 2002 Designs on our coast? from the Eurobodalla Sun

16 January 2002 Media release - Conservation Council South East Region & Canberra Our Nature Coast Threatened

"Today" TV show On 10 January about 350 people came to the Broulee Surf Club to participate in the filming of the Today TV show segment on the charcoal plant. It was shown on WIN TV at 8:10 AM on Thursday 17 January.

10 January 2002 Council image charred Eurobodalla Sun article

10 January 2002 Forest conservation and use a balancing act By John Raison Canberra Times article

8 January 2002 NSW Coastal Policy - submissions and letters of complaint needed! planningNSW has released papers "Design Guidelines for the NSW Coast" and are seeking comments by 1 March 2002. In light of these guidelines, placing a charcoal plant on the South Coast seems somewhat hypocritical! See press release

8 January 2002 Eurobodalla Sun Newspaper - telephone poll Vote YES or NO to a charcoal plant at Mogo Phone (02) 4472 5755 between the hours of 5:30pm and 8:00am weekdays (ie not during the working day), and any hour on the weekend

5 January 2002 Tallaganda Times articles from December 2001   Tallaganda Shire Council wants Australian Silicon’s Charcoal Plant   Letter to editor   Another letter to the editor (The item heading is incorrect)

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