Reports

May 17, 2017

The main chemical component of coal seam gas (CSG) is methane. Methane is also a powerful greenhouse gas. As a chemical, methane is odourless, colourless, and invisible to the naked eye. These characteristics mean that methane released during industry gasfield operations can be readily overlooked,...

May 09, 2017

A new report released today by the Australian-German Climate and Energy College debunks the myth of a gas shortage in Australia and reveals that renewable energy and storage is cheaper than gas. This research finds that although a although a “gas-price crisis” exists in...

May 07, 2017

Will the Adani Carmichael Coal mine meet mining industry rehabilitation standards? The Carmichael coal mine will have a disturbance footprint of 28,000 hectares, permanently altering the landscape, leaving behind extensive waste dumps that are at risk of failing in the long term alongside final...

October 11, 2016

Toxic Time-Bomb or Employment Opportunity? Queensland has 15,300 abandoned mines. 317 of these are classified as giant, very large or large, and many are having serious environmental and human health impacts locally. The number of abandoned mines continues to grow. This report looks at...

July 07, 2016

Mine Rehabilitation and Closure Cost: A Hidden Business Risk The accuracy of mine closure and rehabilitation liabilities can have a material impact on the valuation of a mining company. Closing the current generation of very large open pit operations across various commodities will certainly...

March 23, 2016

Lock the Gate Alliance has released a report which calculates that NSW taxpayers are losing out on $14M each year because the coal mining industry is allowed to pollute for free. The report – titled ‘Freeloaders: Air and Water Pollution from Coal Mines in...

February 24, 2016

A new report by the University of Queensland has found the koala population of the Ipswich region is a significant population for the conservation of this species in Australia. The report found that the Ipswich region is home to an estimated population of up...

February 11, 2016

Report by the Australian Network of Environmental Defender's Offices (ANEDO), 2012 Nine national reforms to protect communities, food security, health, water, climate and biodiversity from the impacts of unsustainable coal and unconventional gas mining in Australia. Download the PDF version of this report

July 07, 2014

The expansion of coal mining in the Hunter Valley and the increase in the number, area and depth of surface mines has changed the landscape as well as the economic and social character of the region. Given the extent of new mining still proposed...

March 07, 2014

Carving up food lands for coal transport in Central Queensland. In March 2014, Lock the Gate Alliance released a new report that reveals a Queensland Government proposal to declare a State Development Area (GBSDA) across 2 million hectares in Central Queensland, to facilitate coal...