Media Releases
Gas lobby’s self-interested push for clean energy taxpayer funds bad for land, water, climate and energy affordability
March 06, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on the Federal Government to reject a proposal by the gas lobby, revealed today, to access taxpayer funds from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) has released its submission to Chief...
Read MoreNSW Planning Minister must move swiftly on second-bite mine applications to prevent Wallarah 2 coal mine damaging Central Coast drinking water
March 03, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance says the NSW Government must move swiftly to prevent re-lodgement of coal mining applications that have previously been rejected to protect the Central Coast catchment from being undermined by the Wallarah 2 coal project in Wyong.
Read MoreLock the Gate welcomes NSW focus on social impacts of mining and urges action on “cruel” Acquisition policy
March 03, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed draft guidelines for assessment of the social impact of mining projects including, for the first time, health impacts, saying that they will provide for more balanced and accurate assessment of mining impacts.
Read MoreChief Scientist’s energy review must stop ignoring cost of gas and impacts on farmers
March 02, 2017
The Lock the Gate Alliance has delivered a stinging rebuke to the notion that Australia should build more gas-fired power stations in its submission to the Chief Scientist’s national energy review.
Read MoreNew infrared evidence of bubbling rivers and gasfields venting methane must be addressed by Chief Scientist’s energy review
March 01, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on the Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, to review new research revealed last night showing major methane leakage from coal seam gasfields which could make unconventional gas a more polluting power source than coal.
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