Media Releases
From north to south, Aussies will lose out if Senate follows House to change NAIF
March 26, 2021
Lock the Gate Alliance fears it will become easier for fracking companies to access Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility funds for polluting gas pipelines, including in the south, after the Morrison Government and Labor joined forces to pass changes in the Lower House.
Read MoreEPA and Muswellbrook Council lodge scathing submissions against Mt Pleasant coal mine expansion
March 26, 2021
The NSW Environmental Protection Authority and Muswellbrook Shire Council have lodged scathing submissions in response to the Mt Pleasant coal mine expansion proposal, highlighting the project’s contribution to air pollution levels that are already unacceptable in the area.
Read MoreBaralaba community calls for immediate cancellation of coal project in light of research showing costs to communities
March 25, 2021
Following release of research showing net costs of hundreds of billions of dollars from coal mining in Central Queensland, Save the Dawson group has called for the immediate cancellation of the proposed Baralaba South coal mine.
Read MoreCQ coal mine water release evidence of a broken system: Lock the Gate Alliance
March 24, 2021
Lock the Gate Alliance says the release of water more than 1000 times saltier than existing background levels from the Ensham Coal Mine into the Nogoa River in Central Queensland is proof the state’s environmental laws are not up to scratch.
Read MoreProfessor Penny Sackett permitted to give evidence in farmers' legal fight against Santos
March 23, 2021
The NSW Land and Environment Court has granted permission for a prominent climate scientist to provide evidence in a legal challenge to the Narrabri Gas Project.
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