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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Rafqa Touma and Lisa Cox

Coalmine wastewater spill south of Sydney turns creek in Royal national park to black sludge

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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