Victoria doesn’t need more coal mines ruining our land and making climate change worse. But the government has approved four new coal licences in Gippsland. Tell Premier Andrews to clear the air and rule out more dirty coal mines in Victoria once and for all. 

The UN climate chief Christiana Figueres is clear: there is no room for new coal. Coal is already responsible for half of Victoria’s emissions, which are among the worst per person in the world. Now is not the time to be going backwards. Proposals for more coal projects are a ticking time bomb for our climate.

And yet the Andrews Government recently approved four new coal exploration licences in Victoria. They’ve also inherited proposed coal export projects in the Latrobe Valley from the previous Coalition Government. Unbelievably if these plans progress, this coal could be exported through Corner Inlet, right next to Wilsons Promontory National Park.

The government has said it wants Victoria to be a leader on climate change, so dirty coal plans like these have to stop. Premier Andrews, it’s time to say no to dirty coal projects in Victoria once and for all.