Last Tuesday, we kicked off our fundraising appeal to raise $20,000 for air quality monitoring. With a fourth coal terminal proposed for Newcastle, we want to know how much coal dust is in the air we’re breathing in suburbs between the mines and the port. Seventy people have so far donated $3,000. Thank you so much!

We’ve received a generous offer to match our fundraising dollar for dollar. If we reach $10,000, our donor will match every dollar and double it to $20,000!

Chip in $25 today and we’ll receive $50 to monitor for coal dust.

Doubling our funds will double how many locations we can monitor. In the Hunter Valley, more than 25,000 children attend school within 500 metres of the coal corridor. We urgently need to know how coal trains are contributing to local air pollution. Newcastle is already the world’s biggest coal exporting port. If the fourth coal terminal (T4) is approved, we’ll have twice as many coal trains and twice the coal pollution where we live, work and play.

Your $50 donation will add $100 to our community-led dust and health study.

Since August, our alliance of 16 community groups has met with several politicians to express our concerns about T4, including the NSW Planning Minister Brad Hazzard and Member for Newcastle Tim Owen. Both have declined our invitation to speak at a public meeting in Newcastle. That isn’t slowing us down, though, and we’ve been getting excellent media coverage and community support.

We hope you can make a donation. Every little bit helps.

Thanks for your involvement in this campaign.

Warmly,

Annika (for the Coal Terminal Action Group)

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Coal Terminal Action Group
http://coalterminalactiongroup.nationbuilder.com/

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