Strip mining for coal in Australia's Hunter Valley (Photo: Jason Margolis)
It’s not easy being a farmer in Australia these days. They had 12 years of drought. The government is threatening to cut water supplies. And if that weren’t enough, many farmers feel they’re second fiddle to the mining industry.
Take the example of Wendy Bowman.
“Next door to us, a mine was put right on our boundary. The dust and the blasting and the noise at night… The dust covered all the pastures. The cattle wouldn’t eat the pasture some days because the dust was so thick and heavy.”
The World
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