
PLANS to double the yield of MACH Energy's Mt Pleasant coal mine and extend it's lifespan to 2048 includes strategies to mitigate the potential effects of climate change in the Hunter. At the same time, it plans to produce 876 million tonnes of carbon dioxide during its 22-year lifespan.
In a 54-page Greenhouse Gas Assessment which forms part of its application to extract an additional 247 million tonnes of coal from the Muswellbrook-based mine, MACH "acknowledges" that "all sources of greenhouse gas emissions will contribute in some way towards the potential global, national, state and regional effects of climate change."