Media Releases
Disbelief as coal mine companies issued mere cautions for illegally burying hundreds of giant tyres
August 20, 2021
Lock the Gate Alliance and members of the north west NSW community are flabbergasted coal mine operators will only receive a caution after an investigation revealed every single open cut project in the region was burying giant machinery tyres illegally.
Read MoreDaming new undertaking reveals extent of Maules Creek mine illegality
August 18, 2021
Whitehaven Coal will have to dismantle an illegal dam and construct a new water management system as part of a humiliating and expensive undertaking agreed to with the Natural Resources Access Regulator.
Read MoreTwiggy Forrest backs away from Kimberley frack plan, fellow frackers urged to follow
August 17, 2021
Lock the Gate Alliance WA welcomes the decision by "Twiggy" Forrest’s Squadron Energy to abandon fracking plans in the iconic Kimberley, and calls on other petroleum companies to follow suit.
Read MoreNo point burying heads in sand over Linc UCG environmental contamination
August 17, 2021
Lock the Gate Alliance urges the Queensland Palaszczuk Government to reject the Arrow Energy coal seam gasfield expansion planned for above the Linc Energy environmental contamination site on Queensland’s Western Downs.
Read MoreWhitehaven fined “chicken scratch” for environmental vandalism at NW NSW coal mine
August 13, 2021
Lock the Gate Alliance and north west farmers are pleased Whitehaven has been held to account for crimes committed at its Narrabri Underground coal mine but disappointed at the fine which amounts to little more than “chicken scratch” for the company.
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