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Are QLD and NSW the new Gasland?
Green Left Weekly Sunday, November 28, 2010 By Jess Moore & Kate Ausburn Photo: Groomgreens.org The gas industry is rapidly increasing its scope in the Australian energy market as, state and federal government approve drilling sites across the nation with … Continue reading
Demand for coal royalties to return
BY MICHELLE HARRIS STATE POLITICS Newcastle Herald 1 Dec 2010 Nearly three-quarters of the lucrative coalmining royalties the state government collects come from the Hunter, the NSW Auditor General has reported. The report showed the Hunter contributed $897 million, or … Continue reading
Upper Hunter gas community group disbanded
Newcastle Herald BY IAN KIRKWOOD 30 Nov, 2010 04:00 AM The state government has dissolved an Upper Hunter coal-seam gas committee, saying it was time for a statewide review of the way such committees operate. Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan … Continue reading
Hunter stud owner shuts the gate to stop mining companies bolting across his land
Sydney Morning Herald November 25, 2010 IT WAS the cradle of a national plan to regenerate farms and fight salinity, but a Hunter Valley horse stud is now a target for a new coalmine. Peter Andrews developed the practice of … Continue reading
Singleton Shire Healthy Environment Group
Singleton Argus 19th November, 2010 FOR the first time a panel of state government representatives fronted the community in Singleton last Thursday in an open dialogue exchange seen by some as the start of a new era of dealing with … Continue reading
Mining strategy delayed
Newcastle Herald 8th November 2010 The state government is lagging behind its timetable for a new coalmining strategy to address land-use conflicts across NSW as it continues to process plans for multimillion-dollar new and expanded Hunter mines. A new cabinet … Continue reading
Mount Pleasant coalmine project opposed
Newcastle Herald 23rd November, 2010 THE NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water has publicly criticised Coal and Allied over plans to expand the Mount Pleasant coalmine at Muswellbrook. In what is believed to be the first public challenge … Continue reading
Green win signals shift in mine approvals
Sydney Morning Herald 28th October, 2010 BHP Billiton has shelved plans for a vast new coal mine under a conservation area south of Sydney, after a scathing review by the state’s Planning Assessment Commission found that society would be better … Continue reading
List reveals toxic chemicals used in coal seam mining
Sydney Morning Herald 19th October, 2010 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 … Continue reading
Fracking and water don’t mix
Sydney Morning Herald 27th September, 2010 The catchment for Warragamba Dam is a vast area: a 9000-square-kilometre swathe of land stretching from north of Lithgow almost to Canberra, in which farming and other land uses are subject to varying levels … Continue reading