Media Releases
Momentum builds for CSG moratorium: but will parties act on immediate threat?
March 17, 2015
Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed NSW Labor’s commitment to a statewide moratorium on coal seam gas activity as a priority in its environmental agenda released today, and called on all major parties to ensure that the immediate threats of coal seam gas are addressed....
Read MoreBaird increasingly isolated in support for coal seam gas
March 12, 2015
The NSW Government must act after the Christian Democrat Party joined the Greens, Labor and the Shooters and Fishers Party yesterday, in calling for a moratorium on coal seam gas mining, said Lock the Gate Alliance. The Alliance has congratulated the Christian Democrat Party...
Read MoreRampant Coal Mining hits NSW communities where it hurts most
March 10, 2015
The NSW Minerals Council advertising campaign announced today is an extraordinary and out of touch response aimed to deflect attention from the damaging impacts of coal mining on NSW communities, according to the Hunter Community Network.Spokesperson Bev Smiles said unchecked mining is hurting NSW’s rivers and farmlands, and the health of...
Read MoreThousands of NSW residents pledge to defend Bulga from Rio Tinto
March 10, 2015
Residents of Bulga in the Hunter Valley have been overwhelmed with support for their campaign to save their town from Rio Tinto's proposed Warkworth coal mine expansion, with over two thousand people in four days pledging to help residents defend the town from the...
Read MorePolicy void: $15b pit hole legacy in the Hunter just the latest coal mining policy failure
March 10, 2015
The Lock the Gate Alliance says failed NSW policy on coal mining voids is the latest in a series of policy voids that will leave the Hunter Valley with an expensive mess if coal mines continue to be approved without upfront controls and limits....
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