Media Releases
Lock the Gate calls on EPA to investigate risk of contamination at AGL’s flooded CSG wells in Camden
June 07, 2016
Local people in the Menangle Park area have contacted Lock the Gate with serious concerns about more than six CSG wells that have been submerged in floodwaters, south-west of Sydney, in areas adjoining the Nepean River, and CSG water tanks and containers that have...
Read MoreLock the Gate welcomes first step commitment from Australian Greens: urges cross-party cooperation to tackle strategic challenges
June 07, 2016
The Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed a commitment from the Australian Greens to the establishment of a National EPA, part of the Alliance’s Water4Life index, and urges all political parties to cooperate to deliver decisive action to meet the country’s major strategic challenges...
Read MoreExposed: crafty corner-cutting cuts coal mine deal to take too much groundwater
June 07, 2016
Documents obtained under freedom of information law reveal the NSW Department of Primary Industries created a loophole in a key water sharing plan to allow the coal mining industry to access large volumes of extra groundwater, despite receiving a report warning the system was...
Read MoreNSW Planning Department questions Peabody’s financial situation
June 03, 2016
The Dept of Planning has written to Peabody Energy asking them to outline how the company’s financial status might affect the management of its Wambo mine, which is seeking approval to expand further, despite the company’s US parent filing for bankruptcy.
Read MorePolling of 250,000 people confirms public rejection of CSG mining nationally, should trigger election commitments: LTG
June 03, 2016
New polling confirms the public has rejected risky unconventional gas drilling and highlights the failure of both major political parties to act on community concerns on the issue in the lead-up to the Federal election.
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