Media Releases
NSW CSG cop-out: research funding cannot replace Chief Scientist’s Expert Panel
August 13, 2015
Lock the Gate Alliance says there are still core recommendations made by the Chief Scientist for the management of coal seam gas in the state yet to be fulfilled, despite ongoing broad political and public support for tighter controls on the industry. The NSW...
Read MoreToxic underground coal gasification (UCG) must be banned throughout Australia
August 13, 2015
The toxic experiment of underground coal gasification (UCG) must be banned following disturbing evidence about its impacts to humans and the environment was uncovered today. The ABC released details of serious health effects suffered by government departmental workers who were sent to investigate leaks at Linc...
Read MoreRegional visitors coming to Sydney to attend CSG moratorium debate
August 13, 2015
People from three regions in New South Wales will arrive in Sydney this week for the parliamentary debate on a Bill that would create a moratorium on unconventional gas across the State and protect water catchments, the Great Artesian Basin recharge and the Northern...
Read MoreShenhua and other coal projects greenlighted to clear thousands of hectares of critically endangered bush
August 13, 2015
Analysis by the Lock the Gate Alliance released today has shown an area of native vegetation greater than the size of Royal National Park south of Sydney has been approved for clearing in the Hunter Valley and Gunnedah Basin since 2010. The report, Greg...
Read MoreLock the Gate says Ministers Hunt and Lynham must seize the opportunity with Adani mine
August 13, 2015
Lock the Gate’s National President, Drew Hutton today welcomed the Federal Court decision to overturn the approval of Adani’s Carmichael mine saying even the courts were now recognising that this was “the end of coal”. “We call on the Queensland and Federal governments to...
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