Fact Sheets

January 13, 2018

Coal is an unsustainable fossil fuel. Australia is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of coal. This also makes Australia responsible for a significant portion of the world's greenhouse gas emissions which contribute to climate change.  Despite the threat that coal mining...

July 27, 2017

During unconventional gas production, methane is released into the atmosphere from leakage and venting. This methane leakage and venting is often referred to as fugitive emissions and occurs as a result of leakage from well heads, pipelines and infrastructure, and through deliberate venting and...

July 27, 2017

The development of an export gas industry based on coal seam gas (CSG) production in Queensland has led to dramatic changes in the eastern-Australian gas market. Since the three new liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in Gladstone came online in 2015-16, domestic gas prices...

July 26, 2017

Gas companies spruik the promise of more jobs and significant tax and royalty revenues from gas development. Unfortunately the reality of unconventional gas development is very different. Research and statistics from unconventional gas development in Australia reveal that these promises just don’t stack up...

July 26, 2017

Australia’s electricity sector is the nation’s single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Gas power generation is promoted by the gas industry as a transition fuel, yet research is putting that myth to rest. Rapid advances and falling costs in renewable power and storage...

September 07, 2015

Read all about the impacts of coal and coal seam gas and fracking on land, water and communities in Australia. Water Impacts: The National Water Commission[1] has stated that coal seam gas mining risks having 'significant, long-term and adverse impacts' on water resources, including...

August 01, 2015

Further detailed information on the impacts of coal and coal seam gas and fracking can be found below. These reports are collated from peer reviewed research into the environmental and health risks from fracking and unconventional gas operations: -The 5th Edition of the Compendium...