Media Releases
US EPA report on fracking shows why Australia must ban the practice
December 09, 2011
The report by the US Environmental Protection Agency linking the practice of hydraulic fracturing (or 'fracking') will send shivers through the Australian coal seam gas industry. The EPA found that compounds likely associated with fracking chemicals had been detected in the groundwater beneath a...
Read MoreGloucester Blocks the Gate on AGL
December 05, 2011
A spontaneous blockade has been imposed on coal seam gas company AGL outside the Hunter Valley town of Gloucester. Local residents, alarmed at the entry of trucks carrying heavy equipment onto a local property where a coal seam gas rig was expected in the...
Read MoreFirst big victory to Lock the Gate
December 05, 2011
The decision by coal mining company NuCoal to abandon plans to mine on the property of blind Hunter Valley farmer, Ian Moore, is the first major victory for the Lock the Gate campaign. Mr Moore had locked his gate on the company Doyles Creeks...
Read MoreLock the Gate president in court next Wednesday
December 01, 2011
President of the Lock the Gate Alliance, Drew Hutton, will appear in the Dalby Magistrates Court next Wednesday charged with obstructing a coal seam gas company. The court case is set down for the 7th and 8th December in the Dalby Magistrates Court, corner...
Read MoreLock the Gate vindicated by Senate inquiry: time for a royal commission
November 30, 2011
Today's release of the Senate MDBC committee into coal seam gas vindicates the stance taken by the Lock the Gate Alliance over the past twelve months. The report calls for such measures as a moratorium on all further approvals of CSG projects in the...
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