Media Releases
Fracking consultation contract must be re-tendered amid reports of widespread bias and unethical conduct
October 16, 2017
Admissions by the NT Fracking Inquiry Panel that consultants conducting its commissioned social impact assessment were pushing biased opinions onto Aboriginal communities have sparked calls for the process to be scrapped and re-tendered to restore trust and integrity.
Read MoreSpike in particulate air pollution prompts calls for action
October 11, 2017
Lock the Gate is calling for the EPA and the Department of Planning to act on long overdue recommendations to properly address and prevent cumulative impacts of open cut coal mining on air quality.
Read MoreMake some noise about Maules Creek coal mine’s noise pollution
October 10, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance is encouraging community members to make a submission to the Department of Planning on the mine’s application to remove important noise controls on the open cut coal project.
Read MoreLock the Gate’s message to Energy Summit - boost clean energy and cut gas exports to power Australia without compromising agriculture
October 10, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance says the National Energy Summit should focus on ending the gas export dash and on growing renewable energy in order to fix energy policy while protecting land and water from fracking. “We can ensure we are looking after both Australia's...
Read MoreLock the Gate responds to NSW Government move to weaken protection of Sydney’s water in favour of a polluting coal mine: let the Court do its job
October 09, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance says the New South Wales Government must not go through with plans reported in The Australian this morning to weaken laws that protect Sydney’s drinking water catchment so that Springvale coal mine would not have to comply with them.
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