Coalmine wastewater spill south of Sydney turns Royal national park creek to black sludge
by Rafqa Touma and Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#63JHF)
NSW EPA investigating third coal pollution incident this year involving Peabody Energy's Metropolitan mine
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A creek running through the Royal national park, south of Sydney, has been hit by a coal wastewater spill that turned its water into thick, black sludge.
It is the third coal pollution incident investigated by the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority this year involving Peabody Energy's Metropolitan mine at Helensburg.
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