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Communities, water, and climate take back seat as Queensland Government sacrifices more land for fossil gas
June 25, 2024
The Queensland Government’s decision to sacrifice more land to coal seam gas threatens the state’s food and water security and will fuel dangerous climate change.
Read MoreDOUBLE DIPPING: Coal company held talks with government about expanding out to 2040 while earlier expansion to 2036 was still under assessment
June 24, 2024
New documents reveal Idemitsu held talks with the NSW Government about expanding its controversial Boggabri thermal coal mine so it could keep digging until 2040 even before an earlier expansion of the same project was approved by the state’s Planning Department in January this year.
Read More“We don’t have a horizon anymore”: Hunter Valley locals invite city people to see for themselves the devastation coal mining has caused
June 20, 2024
Lock the Gate Alliance will tomorrow begin a bus tour through the Hunter Valley to highlight the devastating impact of coal mining as the region faces proposed expansions of several large mines.
Read MoreDismay as federal agency says water trigger will likely not apply to NT fracking project that would drain 1 billion litres of water
June 18, 2024
The Federal Environment Department’s confirmation it will not recommend the use of expanded water protection laws for Tamboran’s latest fracking expansion puts the Northern Territory’s most precious resource and the communities who rely on it at risk.
Read MoreCoexistence can’t exist until QLD farmers gain right to say no to gas companies
June 17, 2024
Lock The Gate Alliance says there can be no coexistence between coal seam gas companies and landholders on the Darling Downs while farmers are unable to refuse access to companies who want to drill on their properties and the extraction of CSG is causing...
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