Media Releases
Asbestos Contamination - CSG companies ignore health and safety of workers
March 13, 2014
The National President of the Lock the Gate Alliance, Drew Hutton has slammed the coal seam gas companies for lack of accountability and recklessness with today's announcement that asbestos has been found in its drilling fluids.
Read MoreFarmers Protest National Party MPs, Demand Action After CSG Water Contamination
March 13, 2014
Protests are being held today outside the offices of National Party MPs for Tamworth, Dubbo, Grafton and Lismore as locals from across northern NSW call for action to protect water supplies and farmland from CSG mining following groundwater contamination in the Pilliga.
Read MoreJohn Fenton wows Gippsland audiences with harrowing stories from his life in a gasfield
March 12, 2014
John Fenton is a rancher from Wyoming, USA. He spent the last three weeks travelling the Eastern coast of Australia, talking to urban and rural groups about his life in a gasfield. More than 200 people came to his talk in Rosedale, Gippsland, while...
Read MoreSecrecy and misinformation exposed by CSG groundwater contamination
March 11, 2014
Reports that stock have been drinking from an aquifer polluted by uranium and other toxic materials in the Pilliga proves that the farming community is at risk because of secrecy and misinformation from CSG companies, the Lock the Gate Alliance said today.
Read MoreFormer QLD Mines Inspector backs Ipswich fire warning
March 11, 2014
A former Queensland mines inspector has backed Lock the Gate Alliance (LTG) warnings about the threat of fires at coal mines. Jim Leggate worked for the Queensland state government as a senior coal mines rehabilitation inspector from 1986 and was chairman of the state’s...
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