Coal approval at what price?Coal seam groundwater concerns
Coal seam gas extraction is the latest environmental battleground. Amidst the protests about land access, is the question of whether one of Australia’s geological and cultural icons is at risk.
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NSW Election Rally – Can’t eat coal, can’t drink gas!
Coal and coal seam gas mining are expanding at an unprecedented rate, threatening our farmland, our communities, and mostly our water. Join environmentalists, farmers and concerned citizens from across NSW to take action to protect our irreplaceable farmland and water.
This election, demand your politicians put communities ahead of mining profits.
Food before coal. Water before gas. For our land, our water and our future.
Get this right or we all lose
The race between multinational companies (facilitated by government) to get this gas out of the ground threatens the industry’s very development. If the CSG industry is worth so much to Australians, surely ensuring its safe, sustainable and timely development should be a matter of national importance.
This should never be portrayed as a David and Goliath battle. It’s not about who wins or loses. If we get this industry development wrong we all lose.
Gas seam mining
There was much fallout from the 4 Corners Show of a couple of weeks ago which investigated the level of gas exploration and coal seam gas mining in Australia
It raised concerns about the transparency of the coal seam gas industry, the impact on farming operations and the inability of farmers to halt the progress of wells on their land once it started – amongst other things.
“Lock the Gate” – The coal seam gas situation in Queensland
This video was inspired by the film ‘Gaslands’, which addresses the issues surrounding coal gas mining in America. ‘Lock the Gate’ is a brief look at part of the Queensland (Australian) situation. The interviews in this are really good.
Anti-coal seam gas industry blockade begins
Farmers, residents and environmentalists have gathered ready to stop the Queensland Gas Company from coming onto a rural residential estate at Tara. Drew Hutton is the protest organiser and says they’re there to stay as long as it takes.
Drew said “Governments have given it their approval, State and Federal, but the community has not. And until the community is prepared to cooperate with this industry it’s just not going to go ahead.”
Human health impacts of open-cut coal mining and CSG mining
Hear presentations from four expert doctors, about the undeniable impacts of coal and coal seam gas mining, on human health and the environment.