David Lowe looks at the dangers of, and struggle against, the unconventional gas industry in Australia.
Coal seam gas (CSG)
Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends and Water for Rivers rallied on July 15 to call on the Independent Planning Commission聽rule against Santos' Narrabri Gas Project, reports Zebedee Parkes.
The Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends once again聽protested outside state parliament against NSW planning鈥檚 decision to recommend Santos鈥 coal seam gas project in the Pilliga, reports Pip Hinman.
A gas moratorium bill was passed聽in the NSW Legislative Council on June 3 with only the Liberals, Nationals and the Pauline Hanson's One Nation party opposed, reports Pip Hinman.
The fight to stop the state government聽helping Santos get approval for its Narrabri聽Gas Project in north-west New South Wales has taken a new twist amid the COVID-19 crisis, reports Kerry Smith.
Pip Hinman writes that聽a damning report by a New South Wales parliamentary committee into the regulation of the coal seam gas industry has found the state government failed to enforce the Chief Scientist's recommendations聽to ensure the industry鈥檚 practices are made safe.
Bill Ryan, one of Australia's foremost environmental activists, has died in Sydney at the age of 97.
About聽60聽anti-coal seam gas campaigners gathered outside NSW parliament on May 7 to greet newly-elected MPs with a clear message: stop Santos鈥 Narrabri Gas Project in the state鈥檚 north west.
Residents on the New South Wales Central Coast are mobilising as crunch time looms for a decision on the controversial new coalmine near Wyong.
The NSW government looks to be on the skids after a 30% swing against the Liberals in the September 8 byelection in the rural seat of Wagga Wagga. Independent Joe McGirr won the seat which had been a Liberal stronghold for 61 years.
鈥淚f we want to look after people and the land as we repower New South Wales [with renewable energy] we have to fight for it鈥, George Woods from told a large rally of First Nations people, farmers and city-dwellers who took over Martin Place near NSW Parliament on March 24.
As the newly-elected Queensland state parliament met for the first time on February 14, a small group of dedicated Protectors from Families Against Fossil Fuels and Standing with Sandi held their regular #StandAgainstCSG protest outside its doors.
Sandra Bamberry (Sandi) is the mother of two little girls who have experienced negative health impacts, including ongoing nosebleeds and nausea, from the many coal seam gas (CSG) mines that now surround their home on the Tara gasfields.
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