Anglesea, where the bush meets the sea, kangaroos, wildflowers, beaches and surfing a great holiday destination where the river carries Alcoa’s variegated waters and the air is full of nutrients not found in pristine areas. Anglesea is so safe that the Victorian Government built the Anglesea Primary School and playground next to the Alcoa Anglesea Coal ...
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 12 April Rural and Urban Alliance calls on State Government to ban new fossil fuel projects Victorian government wants more coal – the community wants farmland and clean water As Victoria faces a wave of exploration licences for coal seam gas (CSG), coal, and tight gas, there is growing opposition to this industry. “Community ...
The Anglesea River, that’s Alcoa’s industrial sewer. Shhhh! It’s natural trust me! Did you know that the streams that should be providing the Anglesea River flow have stopped flowing? Salt Creek has not flowed for more than twelve months and Marshy Creek is bone dry as is every other tributary in the Anglesea River Basin. A curiosity ...
Alcoa has been paying about 2.5 cents a tonne for its coal and annual rent for the land at Anglesea is about $4500 for a 7000 hectare site. The Victorian Government the great negotiator on behalf of Victorians. Wow, what a financial windfall for Alcoa. And yet. Alcoa’s Environment, Health and Safety Policy (EHS) states the ...
Professor William Maher in his review for the Victorian Government of the Anglesea River Water Quality was unable to turn ‘heavy metals contamination into clean water’. Alcoa is licensed by the EPA (EM32162) to discharge various heavy metals including Aluminium, Iron, Zinc, and Boron into the Anglesea River. Yet the review concluded that Aluminium toxicity is from ...
The Victorian Government, Department of Sustainability and Environment recently completed the Anglesea River Water Quality Review, looking for fish kill causes. It appointed Professor of Chemistry at Canberra, Mr. William Maher to produce the review, which has now been published. Sounds responsible, however let’s examine what took place. The terms of reference for the review were obviously designed to ...
“Alcoa’s coal mine and power station has been part of the Anglesea community for over 40 years and is safe for the neighbouring community”, said the company’s State General Manager of manufacturing operations, John Osborne. In 1969 the Anglesea Powers Station was brought online and the toxic pollution began. Alcoa has polluted over Anglesea for more ...
Anglesea residents might expect the town’s river and air quality would be protected by the Offices of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA). However, no Water Discharge Limits apply to Alcoa’s Pollution of the Marshy Creek section of the Anglesea River. Alcoa’s EPA Waste Discharge Licence No EM32162 point 1.12 reads “State environment protection policy ...
Media Release Tuesday 22nd November, 2011 Over 850 petition signatures calling for an independent study into the health impacts of a coal mine in Anglesea were presented by Greg Barber MLC to the Victorian State Parliament yesterday. The petition coincides with the State Government and Alcoa’s 50 year lease renewal and government legislation to modernise its Anglesea mining agreement. ...
Wow, what a scoop. AngleseaNews.com has acquired a copy of the Independent Expert’s report on the Anglesea Estuary waters and the emissions from the Anglesea Power Station stack. Whilst this is a comprehensive documentation, Anglesea News will break it down into a series of simplified topics for its readers during the next few weeks. Curiously the ...
Media Release Wednesday 26th OCTOBER, 2011 “Anglesea Coal Mine has been approved without consideration for Community Health or improved pollution monitoring”, says Anglesea Air Action spokesperson Sonia Ivetac. “The dirty truth is that the government made this decision while ignoring the health of the local community including issues involving children's health. This is one of the most ...
Media release 25 October 2011 Today’s announcement that coal mining will be allowed to continue at Anglesea is possibly the worst in a long list of bad environmental decisions since the Baillieu government was elected, according to Friends of the Earth. The government says that the supporting legislation, introduced by the government today, will "modernise" its ...
Media Release Friends of the Earth October 19 2011 The Victorian Government sides with mining industry on coal seam gas. As Victoria faces a wave of exploration licenses for both coal and coal seam gas (CSG), there is significant community movement developing against these industries. “While a growing number of agricultural interest groups have now expressed concerns about the likely ...
Anglesea is a perfectly safe town, provided you do not live there? Well, these photo's were taken on the morning of 8th October 2011, during School Holidays, on the world famous Great Ocean Road in Anglesea. The view of what looks like a large mushroom cloud over Anglesea. Can this really be considered a ‘safe’ emission day for tourism in ...
How is it that the Anglesea Power Station has been spewing out boron compounds since 1969 and nobody has said a word? With Alcoa’s track record for secrecy this could be expected from them but why haven’t the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) and the Politicians warned the public? ...
"Alcoa are a good corporate citizen and have been here since 1961 and they have an option for another 50 years. I don't want to pre-empt anything but I also think it is dangerous to point the finger at anyone ... it is not appropriate," Polwarth MP Terry Mulder (Liberal) (Geelong Advertiser April 8th, 2011) The ...
Media release October 2, 2011 Ignoring community concerns about Coal Seam Gas (CSG) a risky strategy for state government. Victoria is seeing a surge in exploration for coal seam gas (CSG) and new coal operations at present, with around 30 proposals to look for this resource lodged or approved across the southern parts of the state. "The prospect of an ...
ANGAIR Natural History Centre McMillan Street, Anglesea, Vic. 3230 Telephone or fax 03 5263 1085 ANGAIR members have been working for more than forty years to protect the Anglesea Heathland from damage and destruction. The Society considers that the extension of Alcoa’s lease for coal mining is detrimental to this goal. Hence we encourage members and anyone else with ...
Media release 24 September 2011 Friends of the Earth Ted Baillieu’s wind energy policy threatens $955 million in investment In late August, the Victorian 'Baillieu' Government implemented new planning rules which place large parts of Victoria off-limits for wind farm developments and set in place a 2 km ‘right of veto’, whereby a single household can block ...
Fly-ash is one of the residues generated by Alcoa Anglesea Power Station during the combustion of coal and comprises the fine particles that rise and are emitted into the air. The Alcoa Power Station has a yearly stack output of 400,000 kgs of fly-ash, burning arguably Australia’s most poisonous coal. Most advanced industrial counties require Flue-gas desulphurisation ...
Anglesea Power Station releases radioactive materials into the community and environment. If radiation emissions from Anglesea Power Station were regulated, rather than self regulated their capital and operating costs would increase, making coal-fired power less economically competitive. The Power Station releases a constant amount of impurities ranging from trace quantities of many metals, including uranium and thorium, ...
Is Victoria backward when it comes to protecting its residents’ health? In 1929 in England the House of Lords upheld a claim by a land owner against Barton Electricity Works for damage to his land resulting from sulphur dioxide emissions. This eventually led to the imposition of sulphur dioxide controls on all coal fired power plants ...
MEDIA RELEASE 11th September, 2011 Anglesea residents shift up a gear in their campaign for clean air. A group of Surf Coast residents and holiday makers in Anglesea rallied together on the 11th September 2011 at a public forum to discuss Alcoa’s 50 year brown coal mine lease renewal. Speaking to more than 250 concerned residents at a ...
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