Fact Sheets
Lock the Gate Renewable Energy Position Statement
February 11, 2025
Lock the Gate Alliance recognises the necessity of a rapid decarbonisation of our society. A locally-led shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, combined with a reduction in consumption, is our vision for driving down carbon emissions and therefore reducing the impacts and urgency...
Read MoreRisks and impacts from high pressure gas pipelines
June 11, 2022
High pressure gas pipelines require extensive clearing and digging of deep trenches (1-2m) to enable pipelines to be buried. Pipelines are particularly damaging where soils are highly erodible or acidic, where they cross rivers and creeks, and where they affect important farmland or wildlife...
Read MoreHigh Pressure Gas Pipelines: Construction methods and infrastructure
June 11, 2022
High pressure gas pipelines require extensive clearing and digging of deep trenches to enable pipelines to be buried. They also involve associated above ground infrastructure.
Read MoreCarbon Capture (Use) & Storage
March 09, 2022
Huge amounts of CO2 are produced when fossil fuels are extracted, processed and burnt, and by various industrial processes like steel, cement and fertiliser manufacturing. CCS, or ‘carbon capture & storage’ aims to stop this CO2 entering the atmosphere. But does it work?Download the...
Read MoreCSG and Fracking Mythbusters
February 25, 2022
The gas industry makes a lot of claims about the benefits of unconventional gas extraction that just don't stand up under close inspection. This page sorts the fact from the fiction and provides referenced answers to the common questions asked about fracking, coal seam...
Read MoreChannel Country Gas Impacts
September 06, 2021
The rivers of the Kati Thanda/Lake Eyre Basin in Queensland are some of the last free-flowing desert rivers on earth. They have extraordinary cultural significance for First Nations peoples who have cared for these landscapes for thousands and thousands of years. At the last...
Read MoreShale Oil Development in Australia
January 29, 2020
What is shale oil? Shale oil is a high-quality crude oil found deep underground in combination with shale gas, between layers of shale rock, impermeable mudstone, or siltstone. Like shale gas, shale oil production requires unconventional methods such as hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to facilitate...
Read MoreUnconventional Gas: Coal Seam Gas Risks
April 12, 2018
Coal seam gas (CSG) mining is a risky, invasive form of unconventional gas mining. Coal seam gas extraction usually involves tens of thousands of gas wells, with roads, pipelines, compressor stations, wastewater dams, and other infrastructure. A CSG project can spread across hundreds of...
Read MoreUnconventional Gas: Shale and Tight Gas & Fracking Risks
April 11, 2018
What is the difference between conventional and unconventional gas? The difference between conventional and unconventional gas is the geology of the reservoirs from which they are extracted and the different extraction techniques which are therefore required to obtain commercial quantities of gas. Download the...
Read MoreQueensland Regional Fact Sheets on Coal and Gas
March 25, 2018
A series of fact sheets compiled by local community groups that provide detailed information on a range of topics relating to coal and gas extraction in regional Queensland.
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