Media Releases
MEDIA ALERT: HOPELAND COMMUNITY DECLARES ITSELF GASFIELDS FREE
May 13, 2015
The Hopeland community in the Western Downs will celebrate an historic occasion on Saturday when the locals declare themselves Gasfields Free. The community conducted a survey resulting in 85 per cent of residents saying they did not want coal seam gas in their region....
Read MoreWynnum residents refuse to live with toxic coal dust
May 10, 2015
Concerned Wynnum residents have called on the State Government to demand the coal industry and Queensland Rail cover coal stockpiles and train wagons passing through densely populated areas of Queensland. Clean Air Queensland (CAQ hosted a community barbeque yesterday at Wynnum to highlight the...
Read MoreMEDIA ALERT: Clean Air Qld to host coal dust community BBQ event in Brisbane
May 08, 2015
Clean Air Queensland (CAQ) will host a community BBQ on the Wynnum foreshore tomorrow to highlight the issue of toxic coal dust in homes, schools and workplaces. Wynnum residents are living with coal pollution emitted from the coal stockpile at the Brisbane Port and...
Read MoreClean Air Qld invites mining industry to community event on coal dust
May 08, 2015
Instead of trying to “shoot the messenger”, the Qld Resources Council should support community efforts to keep Brisbane free of coal dust pollution, says Clean Air Queensland (CAQ). CAQ, over several months, monitored coal dust pollution from trains passing through densely-populated areas of Brisbane. ...
Read MoreGreg Hunt must reject Watermark mine
May 08, 2015
With the final advice being provided to him by the Independent Expert Scientific Committee, Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt now has until 9 July to refuse approval for the Watermark open cut coal mine on the Liverpool Plains, says Lock the Gate Alliance.
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