AAP: A state government decision to grant a Chinese company coal exploration rights in northern NSW has outraged the Greens and left farmers concerned about the impact on water catchment areas. The NSW government said China Shenhua Energy, one of the world’s largest coal companies, would be given a five-year exploration licence for the Watermark area near Gunnedah. The licence is for an area of about 190 square kilometres believed to contain shallow coal resources of domestic and …