Media Releases
Expert water committee falls at first hurdle
June 12, 2012
The Lock the Gate Alliance has reacted angrily to news that two coal seam gas wells were approved by the NSWGovernment at Fullerton Cove, north of Newcastle, last week following advice from the new Independent Expert Scientific Committee set up by the Federal Government. The two proposed...
Read MoreMetgasco guilty of dumping CSG wastewater at council sewage plant
June 12, 2012
Lock the Gate Northern Rivers has received confirmation from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) that Metgasco have been disposing of wastewater from its coal seam gas exploration activities illegally at the Casino Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) for almost a year. This wastewater disposal practice represents a violation of...
Read MoreGas emergency heightens on Western Downs
June 05, 2012
Residents on the Tara residential estate on Queensland's Western Darling Downs have reported the presence of gas smelling like 'rotten eggs' and another 'sweet-smelling' gas and, as a result, teams from both state and federal governments have begun investigations of the area to determine...
Read MoreLock the Gate calls for immediate halt to port development after UNESCO finding
June 02, 2012
The United Nations' call this morning for the Australian government to show substantial progress before February 1 next year on the health of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area the shows foolishness of the Queensland government's plans to cut so-called "green tape." Today's...
Read MoreCoal seam gas bubbling up through Condamine River
May 30, 2012
Lock the Gate investigators have discovered coal seam gas bubbling to the surface along a 5 kilometre stretch of the Condamine River near Chinchilla. The gas is bubbling to the surface in at least four spots along this stretch of the river and, according...
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