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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...

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Metgasco 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...

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Gas 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...

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Coal 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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