Coalmining does more harm than good, say majority in NSW – poll
by Michael Slezak from Environment | The Guardian on (#19FT7)
Exclusive: ReachTEL poll shows 56.5% of people in state think coalmining has a negative effect, up 9.5 percentage points since 2013
A shift in opinion in New South Wales has left the majority of residents believing coal does more harm than good, and continuing to think the state government isn't doing enough to protect farms and water from mining and fracking.
The ReachTEL polling of 1,190 residents in NSW, commissioned by the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, shows a switch in opinion on the costs versus the benefits of coalmining, which appears to have occurred over the past three years.
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