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Protections for Kosciuszko National Park stripped away for Snowy 2.0

Posted by NPA NSWon February 18, 2021in Media Releases, Snowy 2.0Leave a comment

The National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) has expressed outrage that the NSW Government plans to overturn the Plan of Management for Kosciuszko National Park. A newly exhibited amendment to the Plan of Management exempts Snowy 2.0 from the legal requirement that new electricity transmission circuits must be placed underground rather than on environmentally damaging overhead towers¹.

The Snowy 2.0 electricity connection must go underground

Posted by NPA NSWon January 20, 2021January 20, 2021in Media Releases, Snowy 2.0Leave a comment

Twenty four organisations and fifty expert engineers, scientists, environmentalists, academics and economists, are calling on Planning Minister Rob Stokes and Environment Minister Matt Kean to avoid further damage to Kosciuszko National Park by putting the electricity transmission connection for Snowy 2.0 underground.