Media Releases
BHP's legacy in the Hunter: a toxic dam the size of Sydney?
July 15, 2014
BHP Billiton must be forced to fill in legacy voids from the Mt Arthur mine coal mine at Muswellbrook to avoid putting the Hunter River at risk for hundreds of years into the future, according to the Lock The Gate Alliance.
Read MoreExposed: Hunter coal mines own entitlements to 143 billion litres water
July 14, 2014
Coal mines in the Hunter region own and control huge volumes of water, are changing the flow of the Hunter River, exacerbating salinity and putting other water users in the region at risk of running salty and dry a new report has found.
Read MoreNSW Government changes law to fast-track CSG fracking at Gloucester
July 08, 2014
The NSW government is attempting to sneak through changes to gas drilling regulations that will hasten approvals for a coal seam gas project at Gloucester and allow fracking to start less than 400 metres from family homes, warned Lock the Gate Alliance and Groundswell...
Read MoreObject before LNP expands unsafe mining and trashes Queenslanders’ rights
July 06, 2014
The LNP is trying to ram through even more unfair and unsafe mining in Queensland with its Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Bill 2014. The Lock the Gate spokesman, Drew Hutton said: “Coal and unconventional gas mining is just not safe but the...
Read MoreCSG mining will push up the price of local gas regardless of the government spin
July 04, 2014
Coal seam gas companies cannot be trusted to act in the interests of domestic gas users when their east coast export hubs have already led to massive domestic gas price hikes, the Lock the Gate Alliance warned today.
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