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Guardian: A new study has found open-cut mines that modify groundwater levels can affect trees and ecosystems several kilometres away from mine sites. The study has implications for the $1.2bn Shenhua Watermark coalmine and the federal government’s proposed “green lawfare” legislation which aims to limit the power of people to challenge projects unless they are directly effected. Sebastian Pfautsch, from the Western Sydney University’s Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, was funded to examine eucalypts......
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Diverted groundwater near mines may cause trees die of thirst, study finds
Posted by Guardian: Gabrielle Chan on September 8th, 2015
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