And these are not including the many many duplicates in affilliate newspapers etc. and are only what I have published on the WAGE website. There are many more on the
HVPA Facebook page.
Where is AGL Energy? They cowered from the media and the protesters at their AGM and haven't put out a media release since 30 September on their
poxy, amateur "Sharepoint" website.
What the hell are Tony Burke and the '
fracking gashole' Anna Bligh thinking.
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:09
Christine Milne (The Greens)
"The first day of a new industry which stands to destroy farming jobs, prime agricultural land and farming communities, risks poisoning aquifers and will contribute to worsening climate change is no cause for celebration," Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Milne, said.
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:54
Sky News
Environment Minister Tony Burke has given conditional environmental approvals for Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas joint venture between Santos Malaysia's Petronas and France's Total and BG Group's Queensland Curtis LNG.
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:26
ABC News
The Queensland Resources Council says federal approval of two giant coal seam gas projects in Queensland will create more than 12,000 jobs and generate billions of dollars.
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:59
Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
Seam Methane Gas projects in Queensland the go ahead. Takes the wind out of your sails. Shows you that Governments will do as they like at the whim of the fossil fuel industry without thought for the people, the future or the environment.
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:55
Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
The Chairman of AGL Energy made this announcement at the Annual General Meeting of that Company on 21st October.
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:52
Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL Energy have admitted to dumping 120,000 of saline water onto pasture land. Why they did it we'll never know. They had already sent 280,000 of the same water away to a water treatment facility, but just decided, it seems, to dump the rest onto good pasture land. Were they trying to save money? Who knows? And there's no point in asking AGL.
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:00
The Observer
'After rigorous assessments that included public consultation and the advice of experts, I consider that these projects can go ahead without unacceptable impacts on matters protected under national environment law,' Mr Burke said.
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00
Tony Moore (Brisbane Times)
Two Queensland councils say they are happy with environmental safeguards put in place yesterday by the federal government on coal seam gas projects worth $15 billion.
Maranoa and Western Downs councils, both to the west of Toowoomba and covering parts of the Surat Basin where the LNG projects are located, say they welcomed the 300 conditions put in place yesterday by federal Environment Minister Tony Burke.
Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00
Andrew Fraser and Roseanne Barrett (The Australian)
MINING giants British Gas and Santos were last night examining 300 conditions placed on them by the federal government.
The two companies were trying to decide whether their $30 billion coal seam gas projects will go ahead.
Environment Minister Tony Burke released the approval for the two projects late yesterday but the detailed list of conditions for the industry became available only after the close of business.
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:51
AAP via SBS
Environment Minister Tony Burke told a media conference in Canberra on Friday his department had given conditional environmental approvals for Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) - a joint venture between Santos, Malaysia's Petronas and France's Total - and BG Group's Queensland Curtis LNG.
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:34
AAP via SMH
Queensland farmers are maintaining their call for a moratorium on the coal seam gas industry in Queensland's southwest in the face of federal Environment Minister Tony Burke's approval for two major projects.
Broadacre farm lobby AgForce president Brent Finlay says more research was needed.
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:15
Sky News
'I have decided that these projects can go ahead without unacceptable impacts on matters protected under national environmental law,' Mr Burke said, revealing he had placed 300 conditions on each of the projects.
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:54
ABC News
The Caroona Coal Action Group (CCAG) has announced it is joining with every anti-Coal Seam Gas (CSG) group in New South Wales to form a new body called the New South Wales Gas Alliance.
The new organisation wants the New South Wales government to halt CSG exploration and extraction until independent scientific data is collected showing the process does not contaminate underground water, or damage farmland.
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:14
ABC - AM
Transcript to come but you can listen
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:02
Kieran Moron (The Observer)
Gladstone's a go for gas.
The Federal Environmental Minister Tony Burke announced the long awaited environmental approvals today of two liquefied natural gas plants on Curtis Island.
The approvals signal a new era for Australian energy and a new era for Gladstone.
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:01
Scott Rochfort (SMH)
Not all the arguments between the current and former directors of Macquarie Group relate just to making money and more money. They also involve wine and methane gas.
The wine-quaffing chairman of the silver doughnut, David Clarke, yesterday turned into a concerned citizen when he highlighted the evils of AGL's coal-seam gas drilling activities in the Hunter Valley.
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:01
Philip Wen (Businessday)
AGL Energy has defended its coal seam gas exploration in the Hunter Valley after dozens of protesters vented their fury outside the company's annual meeting.
With police keeping a close watch, cries of "AGL go to hell" went up as the company's executives and shareholders arrived for the meeting in Sydney yesterday.
Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:01
Michael Bennet (The Australian)
After promising "solid" guidance in August, AGL chief executive Michael Fraser yesterday said underlying full-year 2011 net profit after tax was expected to be $450 million to $480m, or growth of 5 per cent to 12 per cent on $429m in 2010.
The forecast fell short of consensus of a $453m-$488m prior to the energy giant's annual general meeting yesterday, which was marred by protesters, including Macquarie Group chairman David Clarke, concerned about AGL's drilling in the NSW Hunter Valley.
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:26
James Paton (Bloomberg)
AGL Energy Ltd.'s plan for a coal- bed methane project in Australia's wine-growing and coal-mining Hunter Valley region sparked a protest outside its annual shareholders meeting in Sydney.
Dozens of protesters holding placards and chanting slogans handed flyers to shareholders arriving at the City Recital Hall for today's meeting. Two days ago, Origin Energy Ltd. said it found traces of chemical contaminants at eight coal-seam gas exploration wells in the state of Queensland.
Among the opponents was Macquarie Group Ltd. Non-Executive Chairman David Clarke, who owns a home and winery in the Hunter Valley community of Broke. "I became increasingly concerned the more I looked into this," he said by phone from Sydney. "Clearly there are environmental and health risks."
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:29
Lisa Martin and Steve Gray (AAP via SMH)
Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke will announce on Friday whether two Queensland gas projects worth $30 billion will get the green light.
Santos is seeking environmental approval for its Gladstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) project and British Gas is awaiting a decision on its Curtis LNG project.
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:31
AAP via tradingroom.com.au
AGL Energy Ltd has defended its gas exploration program in NSW's Hunter Valley, saying the company has a culture that does not "kill people" and a long history of dealing in dangerous commodities.
Australia's largest energy retailer was met by protesters outside its annual general meeting in Sydney on Thursday, while shareholders also raised questions about the Hunter Valley coal seam gas project.
"Since 1837 we have been selling lethal products, products that can kill people, gas and electricity, and we don't kill people," AGL chairman Mark Johnson told the annual general meeting.
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:30
ABC Lateline Business
Here's a good yarn: Macquarie Group chairman David Clarke has put his personal power and influence behind a street protest against AGL, as the company's shareholders met in Sydney for its annual general meeting.
The demonstration was organised by residents of the NSW Hunter Valley, who are concerned about the impact of AGL's drilling for coal seam gas.
Andrew Robertson reports.
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:29
ABC News
Dozens of people have protested outside gas company AGL's annual general meeting in Sydney to call for greater controls on coal-seam gas exploration in the Hunter Valley.
The Hunter Protection Alliance is concerned exploratory drilling by AGL near the Hunter Valley town of Broke will pollute local rivers, streams and aquifers.
Protesters want AGL to conduct an environmental impact assessment before the company expands its operations in the region.
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:28
ABC News
Queensland Opposition MP Ray Hopper says he has no faith in the self-regulation process used to assess water quality at coal seam gas (CSG) mines.
Environmentalists and residents have repeated calls to end CSG gas extraction after another water contamination scare at a mine west of Miles in Queensland's southern inland.
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:06
ABC - AM
TONY EASTLEY: One of Australia's leading business leaders has joined the campaign to put on hold the controversial process of coal seam gas exploration.
David Clarke is the Chairman of Macquarie Group and also runs a winery in the Hunter Valley region in New South Wales.
He says coal seam gas exploration and its extraction would spell the death of the wine and tourism industry in the Hunter.
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:00
Ben Cubby (SMH)
Farmers near a coal seam gas ''fracking'' site in Queensland will have their water supplies tested for toxic benzene and other chemicals today after Origin Energy found contaminated water near drilling sites.
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:00
Stewart Ewen in The Herald
Coal seam exploration is no gas for locals, writes Stewart Ewen. THIS morning at 6.15 a band of Hunter Valley demonstrators will set out to protest at the AGL annual general meeting in Sydney about the secretive and unplanned drilling for gas in this wine and tourism area.
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:01
John McCarthy and Sarah Vogler (The Courier-Mail)
A HEALTH scare and claims of a political cover-up have clouded coal seam gas projects a day before the Federal Government has to decide on two multibillion-dollar LNG schemes for Queensland.
Residents of Tara, near Dalby, yesterday released graphic images and accounts of rashes, illnesses and infections they claim occurred last year when coal seam gas project teams operating in the area used water from their extraction process to suppress dust.
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:01
Andrew Fraser, Rosanne Barrett (The Australian)
DISCHARGE water from coal-seam gas wells throughout southern Queensland will be released into the head of the Murray-Darling River system.
The gas well discharge is fuelling concerns about contamination following the discovery of more carcinogenic chemicals from exploration wells in the Surat Basin.
The discovery of BTEX chemicals in eight wells around Miles, about 700km west of Brisbane, adds pressure on Environment Minister Tony Burke, who will determine the fate of the controversial burgeoning industry in Queensland tomorrow.
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:49
Steve Gray (AAP via SMH)
"It's time to stop the madness and put a halt on exploration until safeguards can be guaranteed," said Toby Hutcheon, executive director of Queensland Conservation.
Agforce president Brent Finlay said land and water were finite resources, labelling the resource sector as a hit-and-run industry.
"This is not about the inability for agriculture and mining to co-exist, it is about reaching a balance where the legislative power is not weighted towards one industry more than another," he said.
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:10
Courtney Trenwith (Brisbane Times)
Environmentalists are calling for a moratorium on coal seam gas projects after another contamination at a Queensland site.
Australia Pacific LNG reported yesterday that chemicals had been detected in eight exploration wells in the Surat Basin in the state's west.
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:45
Francis Tapim (ABC News)
The State Government has ordered immediate testing on a Coal Seam Gas (CSG) project in southern Queensland after another contamination scare.
Traces of banned carcinogenic chemicals have been found in eight exploration wells in the Surat basin during routine tests by Australia Pacific LNG.
Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:00
John McCarthy (Courier Mail)
THE coal seam gas industry has been hit with an embarrassing discovery of minute traces of the cancer-causing substance Btex at eight drilling sites near Miles, in western Queensland.
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:48
The World Today (ABC Radio)
ELEANOR HALL: Environmentalists are calling for more research into a controversial coal seam gas mining process before it's widely used in Australia.
The process - known as fraccing - is already being used in mines in Queensland and in mining exploration in New South Wales.
Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:00
Joel Tozer and Ben Cubby (SMH)
AUSTRALIAN mining companies are using highly toxic chemicals to extract coal seam gas during the controversial process known as ''fracking'', documents obtained by the Herald show.
A government list of 36 chemicals used in coal seam gas extraction in Australia includes hydrochloric and acetic acid, and napthalene- an ingredient once used in napalm as well as more mundane items such as mothballs - and many other hydrocarbons.
Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:49
ArtesianBasin
This documentary trailer gives a glimpse of the potential environmental, and community concerns. To voice your concerns, the appropriate contact addresses for relevant ministers and politicians are at the end of the trailer.
Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:49
ArtesianBasin
Imagine if an Energy Company came to your house to let you know they were going to put a gas well on your property. How would you feel?
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:04
AAP via SMH
Coal seam gas (CSG) miners will be able to pump unlimited amounts of water from underground, despite proposed amendments to the law, the Queensland Conservation Council says.
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:00
Amy Phillips, ABC Toowoomba
Mr Saul says there is a variety of things they can do to treat the water and its then becomes potable.
He says the companies have an obligation to safely dispose of the salt residue that's left behind.
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:01
Chrissy Arthur and Amy Phillips (ABC News)
A western Queensland mayor says there are still questions that need to be answered about the development of a coal seam gas sector in the Galilee Basin.
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:00
ABC News
A company exploring for coal-seam gas in Queensland's central-west says the sector is doing all it can to ensure resources from the Great Artesian Basin aren't adversely affected.
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:00
Damon Cronshaw (The Herald)
An oil spill off Newcastle from offshore gas drilling would affect the east coast from NSW to Victoria, Lake Macquarie City Council has said.
The council made the comment in a submission to the NSW government about Advent Energy's plans to begin exploratory drilling next month for natural gas 55 kilometres off Newcastle.
Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:00
The Observer
"WHEN most of the county is in drought, why is water being used as a waste product," Surat Basin Friends of the Earth environmental campaigner Drew Hutton said.
And it would seem he has a point as Santos (GLNG) and BG Group (QCLNG) have acknowledged that the emerging coal-seam gas (CSG) industry will affect underground water levels.
Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:09
Peter Firminger
Australia is in the midst of yet another mining boom. But just what are the implications for those living within the mining footprint?
Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:05
Rosanne Barrett (The Australian)
TONY Burke is considering a report that warns the coal-seam gas industry could deplete groundwater in the Great Artesian Basin.
The federal Environment Minister is preparing to rule on several multi-billion-dollar projects and remains committed to a deadline of October 22, when he is expected to advise international energy giants Santos and BG Group whether he will grant environmental approvals for their projects converting coal-seam gas to liquefied natural gas, worth an estimated $22bn to the Queensland economy.
Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:01
Jennifer Hewett (The Australian)
THE government has given its clearest signal that it is likely to approve a $20 billion investment in Queensland's coal-seam gas industry.
But it is likely to be subjected to strict environmental conditions.
Environment Minister Tony Burke is due to give his ruling by October 22 on two major proposals, worth about $10bn each, from Santos and the BG Group.
Sun, 10 Oct 2010 04:00
Kate Dennehy (Brisbane Times)
Queensland's latest tourism campaign might be drawing much attention but farmers and environmentalists say visitors will soon be viewing the state's attractions through a maze of mines.
Tourism Minister, Peter Lawlor said last week Tourism Queensland's new $4.6m advertising campaign, ''Queensland, Where Australia Shines" is proving a great success.
Sun, 10 Oct 2010 04:00
Kate Dennehy (SMH)
Michael Bretherick and his family moved to Tara, about 400 kilometres west of Brisbane,four years ago for a tree change.
He said the mining company, BG Group - owners of QGC - moved into the area about 18 months ago and has been drilling night and day for coal-seam gas.
Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:08
Tery Ryder (The Australian)
I ALWAYS try hard to convince people that mining towns aren't worth the risk.
Whenever I speak publicly I spend a lot of time showing people with graphs and slides how volatile markets can be when they're reliant on one industry or one major employer.
Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:29
John Durie (The Australian)
AGL and Origin are short priced favourites to buy one of the NSW retail assets up for grabs early next month.
Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:00
Caryn Metcalfe (Penrith Press)
GREENS campaigners are calling for the plan to mine coal seam gas around Warragamba Dam to be abandoned.
Sydney gas drilling company Apex Energy NL plans to use the controversial "fracking" technique to mine the coal seam gas.
Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:00
Courtney Garnham (Whitsunday Times)
WHITSUNDAY cane growers and cattle farmers have shown mixed emotions about the possibility of a Queensland energy giant looking for gas on their land after Christmas.
Arrow Energy met with farmers last month to discuss their intentions of exploring for coal seam gas in the area which could potentially affect local cane growers.
Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:00
Donna Sharpe (The Herald)
Exploration for mining and gas could be removed from Cessnock City Council's Local Environment Plan following a unanimous decision by the council at a meeting last night.
In a rescission motion, Cr Dale Troy moved to amend the council's draft Local Environment Plan in an attempt to protect the city's booming tourism and vineyard industries against any possible damage from extractive industries.
Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:12
Peter Firminger
At the Cessnock Council Meeting last night, Councillor Dale Troy moved a rescission motion on part of the Cessnock LEP 2010 to put an amendment to exclude mining and extractive activities from the zone containing the vineyards.
Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:09
Peter Weekes (The Northers Star)
A 30km undersea gas pipeline may be laid off the North Coast, allowinga specially-designed ship to drop anchor over it and extract gas pumped from Metgasco's fields near Casino.
The ship, estimated to cost $5 billion and bigger than an aircraft carrier, would then convert the gas into LNG before transferring it to another vessel for export.
Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:00
Gaye Hart (The Herald)
REGIONAL Australia is on the federal government agenda and 55 Regional Development Australia (RDA) committees around the country are gearing up to take advantage of this new beginning for regional advocacy and development.
Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:00
Roderick Shaw (Penrith Star)
ENVIRONMENTALISTS fear that if gas extraction takes place at Lake Burragorang near Warragamba Dam, it could poison ground water.
Apex Energy is considering projects to extract gas from coal seams through fracking - a drilling operation which uses water and chemicals to fracture coal and pump escaping gas to the surface.
Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:53
Eric Ingott
Join Eric Ingott in this tongue in cheek, faux mining promo as he tells the town of Gloucester NSW Australia what his company, Envira-Coal has in store for them and what the benefits of I mine surrounding the township would bring.
In real life Gloucester is under threat from possible mining around Gloucester.
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00
Kieran Moran (The Observer)
FARMERS along the proposed coal seam gas (CSG) pipeline from Gladstone to the Surat Basin are warning of gas explosions, damaged agricultural land and contaminated water supplies.
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00
John McCarthy (The Courier-Mail)
SENIOR Coalition frontbencher Ian Macfarlane has told one of the world's biggest resource companies that the coal seam gas industry was finished in Queensland if it did not resolve its issues over water.
Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:34
Kelly Fuller (ABC New England)
Bob Hunter and Robert Barry say the construction of a gas field in the Liverpool Plains will destroy the productivity of the region.
We caught up with Bob on the Morning Show today, and he talked about a recent visit he made to the Surat Gas Field in Queensland.
Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:01
John McCarthy (The Courier-Mail)
THE massive coal seam gas industry is knocking on the door of southeast Queensland with exploration now only 50km from Brisbane.
Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:00
The Chronicle
ALARM bells have sounded out across the Darling Downs after an independent report found the coal seam gas industry has the potential to drain Queensland's largest freshwater aquifer.
The report, commissioned by industry group Central Downs Irrigators, found the Walloon Coal Measures - the area being targeted by coal seam gas producers - and the Condamine Alluvium are hydraulically connected.
Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:00
Debra Jopson and Ben Cubby (SMH)
Out in the Pilliga Scrub west of Narrabri, sheep farmer Tony Pickard weaves through the web of dirt roads, pointing out a used coal seam gas well here, a holding pond there and eventually, deep inside a state forest, a fully operational drill rig where helmeted men wrestle a pump within a shaft reaching one kilometre underground.
Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:00
Debra Jopson (SMH)
The nation's food bowl will soon be only a memory, farmers warn. Debra Jopson reports.
FARMERS are warning that plans to drill for coal seam gas beneath the nation's prime food bowl will end agriculture as we know it.
Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:00
John Farmer (The Chronicle)
A CONTROVERSIAL practice being outlawed in the US is adding to the great drain of Queensland's underground water supplies, an environmental campaigner claims.
Hydraulic fracturing, or "fraccing" as it is colloquially known, is used by coal seam gas companies to break up rock formations and release the natural gas trapped inside.
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:52
Bigpond Business News
Gas company Apex Energy has refused to rule out plans to mine gas in Sydney using a controversial 'fracking' technique, despite potential dangers to the environment.
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:14
Reuters
(Reuters) - Australia's Environment Minister Tony Burke intends to stick to an October 11 deadline for environmental approval for two Queensland coal seam gas projects, he said on Thursday.
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:00
Ben Cubby (SMH)
THE company about to start coal seam gas drilling around southern Sydney and the Illawarra plans to use the controversial "fracking" technique to mine directly beside Warragamba Dam, which holds much of the city's drinking water.
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:44
Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
A group including Australian business leaders has called for a moratorium on coal seam gas exploration in one of the world's great wine producing areas saying the region is under threat from the scramble for energy resources.
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:39
Peter Firminger
Following Ben Cubby's report in the SMH today, here's one we found earlier intimating that Sydney is about to get some of it's own medicine
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:18
Braidwood Greens
Greens MP and mining spokesperson Cate Faehrmann is calling for a moratorium on coal seam gas exploration in NSW until a full examination of the environmental and social impacts has proven it safe.
"Documents revealed today by the Sydney Morning Herald show Peabody Gas is well aware that the high environmental impacts of coal seam gas exploration will be unacceptable to the community," said Ms Faehrmann.
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:00
Ben Cubby (SMH)
Billions of dollars worth of coal seam gas will be mined around Sydney and the profits split among giant coal companies, including Peabody Energy and Rio Tinto, leaked confidential company document reveals.
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:07
Queensland Country Life
THE Queensland Government is not asking landholders and communities to take an "extraordinary leap of faith" in relation to the coal seam gas (CSG) industry.
That was the view expressed by Queensland Country Life correspondent James Nason last week in his comment piece entitled: 'Evidence supports CSG bans'.
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:00
Laurel-Lee Roderick (Illawarra Mercury)
NORTHERN suburbs residents fear they are being kept in the dark about plans to extract methane gas from coal seams between Helensburgh and Coledale.
In September last year, the NSW Department of Planning allowed gas exploration company Apex Energy NL to drill 15 bore holes around Darkes Forest, Helensburgh and south to Coledale.
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:00
Damon Cronshaw (The Herald)
The NSW Government says an environment plan for an exploratory gas drilling project planned off Newcastle does not have to be made public.
The drilling project could lead to a massive offshore gas extraction project, with reserves in the area valued at $50 billion.
Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:00
Mathew Murphy (SMH)
MORE than $10 billion in pipeline infrastructure is expected to be spent in Queensland over the next decade, according to new figures released by the industry, which predicts that number could grow much higher once a Green-tinged Federal Parliament is sworn in.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:28
Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL Contractors had pumped over 120,000 litres of toxic drilling waste water on their land near Bulga, Hunter Valley.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:16
Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL ENERGY - pretends to by environmentally sensitive, but makes a conscious decision to dump hundreds of thousands of litres of contaminated water onto prime agricultural land rather than complying with environmental conditions and paying to have the water trucked and treated.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:11
Toni Ward (Singleton Argus)
PROTECTION of the water table at Broke has been one of the community's greatest concerns about the gas exploration project. Water is crucial and a very precious resource that must be protected. It should not be up to a community group to ask for an investigation when there is an obvious breach...
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:04
Sarah Lee (Singleton Argus)
AGL is required to provide a full report to the state government regarding the release of approximately 120,000 litres of saline water onto land at Bulga.
On August 17, the Hunter Valley Protection Alliance notified the Industry and Investment New South Wales of a potential breach of environmental conditions on AGL's 'Windermere' property.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:34
James Nason (Qld Country Life)
THE weight of scientific evidence fuelling landholder claims that coal seam gas extraction poses a real and serious threat to important freshwater aquifers is becoming harder for the Queensland Government to ignore.
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:00
Ian Kirkwood (The Herald)
ENERGY company AGL and environmentalists are at odds over the discharge of saline water near a coal-seam gas test site near Bulga.
Hunter Valley Protection Alliance spokesman John Thomson said AGL and the state government had "intentionally whitewashed" the community over the discharge of 120,000 litres of underground water that flooded and killed an adjoining pasture.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:34
Mark Phelps (Queensland Country Life)
LNP Member for Darling Downs Ray Hopper is on a mission to convince his Opposition colleagues that a moratorium should be placed on the development of coal seam gas mining within the Condamine alluvium on Queensland's highly productive Darling Downs.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:46
Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL ENERGY has deliberately and intentionally pumped hundreds of thousands of litres of highly saline water onto pasture adjacent to the Wollombi Brook in the Hunter Valley to avoid trucking it away to a treatment plant, according to a report made to the Department of the Environment and the Department of Industry & Investment.
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:15
Ben Cubby (SMH)
VINEYARD owners accuse the energy company AGL of dumping contaminated water in the Hunter Valley, where it is planning to extract coal seam gas.
The state government said it was concerned and had asked AGL to remediate a site near the town of Broke, after 120,000 litres from a groundwater monitoring program was expelled into a paddock the company owns.
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:09
Kerrie Sinclair (The Courier-Mail)
SANTOS says it will ''work constructively'' with the new Federal Government that includes key Independents and the Greens who have voiced concern over the farming and environmental impacts from mining.
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:00
Queensland Country Life
THE Bligh Government is ramping up its efforts to appease landholders worried about impacts associated with the coal seam gas (CSG) industry.
Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Minister Stephen Robertson, says its latest initiative is centered on a new, interactive online portal that aims to provide information on groundwater monitoring in the Surat and Bowen basins.
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:00
James Nason (Qld Country Life)
GREENS Senator-elect Larissa Waters has pledged to follow through on an election commitment to push for stronger protections of groundwater and quality agricultural land from mining when she takes her seat in Canberra from July next year.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:00
Rosanne Barrett and Sean Parnell (The Australian)
THE coal-seam gas industry has labelled the Greens' policy to seek a moratorium on CSG exploration as hypocritical... such moves would not be supported in the upper house, given that the Coalition will oppose any legislation that threatens the CSG industry
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:05
Queensland Country Life
The Queensland Government's community CSG forums that have been rolling out across the Surat Basin the past week have highlighted the significant progress being made behind the scenes.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:28
Queensland Country Life
THE Queensland Government has defended its policies surrounding Coal Seam Gas in the face of revelations that Queensland's largest freshwater aquifer is being placed at direct risk of being dewatered by CSG production on the Darling Downs.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:28
ABC Rural
An environmental campaigner has reneweded his calls for a moratorium on the coal seam gas industry in Queensland.
Drew Hutton, from Friends of the Earth, says a new report commissioned by farmers on the Darling Downs demonstrates underground water systems are interconnected.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:00
Bigpond Rural News
A new study has found Queensland's largest freshwater aquifer is at risk of being drained as a result of coal seam gas development.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:51
James Nason (Qld Country Life)
CENTRAL Downs irrigators remain frustrated by State Government policies that allow coal seam gas companies to extract millions of litres of water from underground sources while farmers face significant and uncompensated cutbacks to their own allocations from the same resource.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:05
James Nason (Qld Country Life)
A SCIENTIFIC report to be released today confirms that Queensland's largest freshwater aquifer, the Condamine Alluvium, is at direct risk of being drained as a result of coal seam gas production on the Darling Downs.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00
PACE
A new interactive online portal set up by the Queensland Government provides the latest information on groundwater monitoring in the Surat and Bowen basins.
The portal also maps the locations of private water bores and springs along with gas production sites and exploration wells. It lists historic water levels and salinity records for the various local water sources.
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:28
William Fisher (Common Dreams)
Although the natural gas industry rejects it, critics say fracking can poison water supplies. They also say it uses large amounts of fresh water and generates large amounts of wastewater with limited disposal options.
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:00
ABC News
A group of farmers from the far west say coal seam gas explorations in the region are not worth the damage they could cause to local aquifers.
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:00
The Daily Liberal (Dubbo)
Irate farmer Heath Webb wants mining giant Santos to stop searching for coal seam gas in the Tooraweenah district.
The company has been carrying out a seismic study on prime agricultural land as part of a multi-million dollar project extending over 25,000 square kilometres in the Gunnedah basin.
If analysis proved positive the next step would involve drilling deep core holes.
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