{"id":21,"date":"2020-08-07T02:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/?p=21"},"modified":"2020-08-11T08:55:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T22:55:01","slug":"threats-and-impacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"Mining threats and impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the assumption these miners will uphold the usual poor standards of mining exploration and mining responsibility, and operate in accordance to the inadequate laws and regulations of the state. Here are the potential impacts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is under threat by mining exploration and mining in Macedon ranges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Your livelihood<\/li><li>Your land.<\/li><li>Your enjoyment of your own property.<\/li><li>Your piece of mind.<\/li><li>Our waterways and catchment areas.<\/li><li>Our State forests.<\/li><li>Our Wildlife and fauna.<\/li><li>Risk of landscape damage.<\/li><li>Risk to personal health and safety.<\/li><li>Risk to tourism and boutique producers, vineyards, scenic tourism, hospitality, etc.<\/li><li>Increased traffic, noise and pollution.<\/li><li>Long term environmental damage.<\/li><li>Long term mess left by exploration and mining.<\/li><li>Inadequate restoration of damage. Potentially irreparable damage or pollution.<\/li><li>Inadequate compensation for landholders or the shire.<\/li><li>Increased costs to the community to resolve mining impacts and incidents.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-attachment-id=\"22\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/?attachment_id=22\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/Macedon-Ranges-dd1.jpg?fit=1800%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Macedon-Ranges-dd1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image form https:\/\/glenerin.com.au\/glen-erin-the-perfect-place-to-enjoy-the-macedon-ranges\/&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/Macedon-Ranges-dd1.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/Macedon-Ranges-dd1.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/Macedon-Ranges-dd1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/Macedon-Ranges-dd1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/Macedon-Ranges-dd1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/Macedon-Ranges-dd1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/Macedon-Ranges-dd1.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/Macedon-Ranges-dd1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Image form https:\/\/glenerin.com.au\/glen-erin-the-perfect-place-to-enjoy-the-macedon-ranges\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the assumption these miners will uphold the usual poor standards of mining exploration and mining responsibility, and operate in accordance to the inadequate laws and regulations of the state. Here are the potential impacts: What is under threat by mining exploration and mining in Macedon ranges: Your livelihood Your land. Your enjoyment of your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":362,"featured_media":22,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/Macedon-Ranges-dd1.jpg?fit=1800%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115,"url":"https:\/\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/?p=115","url_meta":{"origin":21,"position":0},"title":"But they are only exploration licenses&#8230; Aren&#8217;t they?","author":"adminnmmr","date":"08\/19\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Keep in mind when a mining company discusses exploration activities... ...the objective of an exploration phase is to move onto a mining phase. Meaning... making big money for the company,minimal compensation for landholders and community,significant environmental damage,abuse of local water sources and aquifers,likely contamination of groundwater and catchment areas,no long\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Information&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Information","link":"https:\/\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/im-48597.jpg?fit=1200%2C1199&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/im-48597.jpg?fit=1200%2C1199&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/im-48597.jpg?fit=1200%2C1199&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/im-48597.jpg?fit=1200%2C1199&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/files\/2020\/08\/im-48597.jpg?fit=1200%2C1199&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":486,"url":"https:\/\/www.no-mining-macedon-ranges.com\/?p=486","url_meta":{"origin":21,"position":1},"title":"Exploration north\/east of MR (Mt Piper Project)","author":"adminnmmr","date":"08\/14\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Status: EL granted 3\/7\/2020. 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