Plans by gas giant ConocoPhillips to use a battery for its Darwin LNG plant ironically illustrate the extent to which renewable energy sources are now cheaper than fossil fuels, according to Protect Country Alliance.

Opening more Australian farmland to gasfields and fracking is a dangerous, short-sighted, and counter-productive approach to reducing domestic energy costs, according to Lock the Gate Alliance.

Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the Independent Planning Commission’s cautious approach towards the deeply unpopular Hume Coal mine proposal following the release of its preliminary report.

Farming communities in designated priority agricultural areas near Chinchilla fear the Queensland Government has knowingly put them at risk of water and land contamination, with plans for coal seam gas wells to be drilled at the former Linc Energy site.

New mapping released today has revealed the Northern Territory Government has abandoned communities and many unique natural places to the greed of the gas companies.