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Companies that received federal environmental approvals made $54.8 million in political donations, news analysis shows
September 04, 2024
Successive federal governments have granted environmental approval for major projects owned by companies that made a total of $54.8 million in political donations in the 24 years to 2022, a new Lock the Gate Alliance analysis reveals. The report is available here.
Read MoreQLD election candidates urged to oppose new coal and gas as winter heat wave smashes records
September 02, 2024
Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on political candidates vying for power at the October state election to protect communities from more climate change-driven extreme weather by opposing new coal and gas projects.
Read MoreTerritory Labor MPs accused of breaking promises as Tamboran starts work on new fracking project
August 30, 2024
Territory community groups say Federal Labor politicians in the NT have broken their promise to apply the expanded water trigger to dangerous fracking projects, after Tamboran announced it had begun work at its Shenandoah South shale gas fracking pilot in the Beetaloo Basin.
Read MoreDraining the swamp: Coal mining’s irreversible damage to unique wetlands shows further mining must be banned
August 27, 2024
Likely permanent damage to unique upland wetlands shows why any future coal mine expansions in Sydney and the Illawarra’s catchment areas must be banned, and there should be immediate intervention to stop any further damage from existing operations.
Read MoreQLD Government grants cash to fossil gas, approves new gasfield
August 07, 2024
Lock the Gate Alliance has criticised the Queensland Government after it approved Comet Ridge’s Mahalo North gas project, giving the company permission to drill 68 coal seam gas wells, build a compression facility, and construct 60 km of pipeline near Rolleston in QLD’s Central...
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