Media Releases
Federal Government falls short again on pulling water trigger for NT gas fracking
September 14, 2024
Community group Lock the Gate Alliance says the Federal Environment Minister's request for advice from the expert scientific committee on Northern Territory gas fracking projects without also stepping in to stop the damage those projects are currently doing leaves precious water resources at risk....
Read MoreExpert report urges Miles Government to plug gassy leaks
September 05, 2024
Queensland coal and gas projects are polluting almost entirely without restrictions and there is nothing in the Queensland Government’s new emissions reduction laws to make companies rein in their fugitive methane emissions, a new export legal report finds. The report is available here.
Read MoreCompanies that received federal environmental approvals made $54.8 million in political donations, news analysis shows
September 04, 2024
Successive federal governments have granted environmental approval for major projects owned by companies that made a total of $54.8 million in political donations in the 24 years to 2022, a new Lock the Gate Alliance analysis reveals. The report is available here.
Read MoreQLD election candidates urged to oppose new coal and gas as winter heat wave smashes records
September 02, 2024
Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on political candidates vying for power at the October state election to protect communities from more climate change-driven extreme weather by opposing new coal and gas projects.
Read MoreTerritory Labor MPs accused of breaking promises as Tamboran starts work on new fracking project
August 30, 2024
Territory community groups say Federal Labor politicians in the NT have broken their promise to apply the expanded water trigger to dangerous fracking projects, after Tamboran announced it had begun work at its Shenandoah South shale gas fracking pilot in the Beetaloo Basin.
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