Media Releases
Farmers fighting zombie gas licences fear Barilaro comments mean renewal a done deal
March 15, 2021
NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro’s comments suggesting the government will extinguish some but not all zombie petroleum licences are leaving regional and rural constituents in the dark and farming districts at risk.
Read MoreWollongong Coal’s flatulent Russell Vale would produce mammoth amounts of methane with no mitigation
March 09, 2021
Wollongong Coal’s newly released greenhouse gas emissions draft plan reveals the company wants to do nothing to mitigate scope 1 fugitive emissions from its Russell Vale coal mine.
Read MoreMorrison Government must come clean on dirty gas subsidy plan
March 09, 2021
Lock the Gate Alliance is alarmed at the secrecy behind the development of Energy Minister Angus Taylor’s National Gas Infrastructure Plan (NGIP), which would ultimately direct public funds towards gas infrastructure.
Read MoreIPC must heed Muswellbrook Council's blunt objection to Mangoola mine expansion
March 01, 2021
Muswellbrook Council’s surprise decision to formally and strenuously oppose Glencore’s Mangoola coal mine expansion planned for the Wybong Valley demonstrates how utterly fed up the local community is with large, polluting coal mines.
Read MoreMorrison Government must reject Russell Vale expansion due to Wollongong Coal’s chequered history
February 17, 2021
Illawarra Residents for Responsible Mining (IRRM) and Lock the Gate Alliance have written to Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley, urging her to reject Wollongong Coal’s mine expansion under the EPBC’s environmental history test.
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