Wollar is the collateral damage to [the government] making that decision [on the Liverpool Plains].”The government released an initial suitability assessment for the new Wollar coal area where there was 250m tonnes of the fossil fuel. Health services ‘no longer operate’Peabody now owns 43 of the 61 properties in the broader Wollar area, including two churches, which no longer run services. Terry Rheinberger ran Wollar’s town store for 30 years and had a house and land about 5km out of town. It is just wrong for people to be treated like that.”But Rheinberger doesn’t only blame the mining company. The NSW government’s assessment says opening the Wollar area could net the state $500m in royalties.

Source: The Guardian May 01, 2021 19:52 UTC