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Candidates must serve communities, not coal and gas companies: Lock the Gate NSW election platform
Lock the Gate Alliance will double down on its fight to stop the coal seam gas industry from ever becoming established in NSW.
Perrottet Government mulls approval for coal project that would produce 8 times NSW yearly greenhouse emissions
Newly released documents reveal Glencore and Yancoal’s Hunter Valley Operations Continuation coal project would be responsible for 1.2 billion tonnes of total carbon emissions and would be the most polluting project in NSW since the Paris Agreement.
Fracking failure: NT Government misses own deadline to implement Pepper Inquiry recommendations
The inability for the NT Fyles Government to implement Pepper Inquiry recommendations by its self-imposed deadline more than four years after they were handed down show they can’t be done and fracking cannot proceed safely, say Territory community groups.
Central QLD flood exposes flaws with coal mine water release laws
Central Queensland coal mines are releasing billions of litres of polluted water many times saltier than the receiving rivers in the catchment of the Great Barrier Reef, prompting concerns about the ecological health of impacted waterways.
Kean’s gas pipeline approval will damage climate, culture, koalas, communities
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has trashed his government’s vaunted climate credentials and enraged hundreds of farmers with the granting of an authority for Santos’ Hunter Gas Pipeline.
Community groups challenge New Acland water licence
The Oakey Coal Action Alliance and Lock the Gate have this afternoon (Monday, January 16) applied for a review of the Palaszczuk Government’s decision to grant New Hope an Associated Water Licence (AWL) for its New Acland Stage 3 thermal coal mine on the Darling Downs.
Perrottet Government oiling the wheel to keep coal cooking the planet after 2050
New freedom of information documents reveal the lengths the NSW Perrottet Government is willing to go to to make it easy for Whitehaven to continue digging coal despite a clear conflict with its own climate change promises.
Safeguard Mechanism reform’s reliance on offsets no way to solve climate change
Planned reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism, revealed today, do not go far enough to reduce emissions created by big coal and gas companies, says Lock the Gate Alliance.
Critically endangered bum breathing turtles hold breath for Santos’ next move as oil and gas giant backs down from gas waste dump plan
Oil and gas giant Santos has backed down from a plan to dump unlimited amounts of untreated coal seam gas wastewater into a Central Queensland river which is home to a critically endangered species of bum breathing turtle.
118 TOO MANY: Coal and gas projects in planning pipeline threaten Albanese’s climate goals
The 118 coal and gas projects in the planning system, as identified in yesterday's release of the Resources and Energy Quarterly, severely threaten Australia's ability to meet its emission reduction goals and the world’s ability to mitigate the climate crisis, says Lock the Gate Alliance.
The 14 gas wells of Christmas: Farmers forced to spend holidays responding to Arrow’s plan to drill state’s best ag land
Local farmers say they will do all they can to stop an Arrow Energy application to drill 14 new coal seam gas wells on some of Queensland’s best farmland.
Dominic Perrottet's Christmas stocking filled with three super emitting coal projects
Three coal projects that would produce more emissions than twice that of New Zealand's annual greenhouse footprint - including two located within the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone - are being considered by the NSW Government.
Fracking company’s northern scramble a disaster for water, climate, communities
A planned CSG project that would open up huge new swathes of Queensland for export-bound gas must be rejected, say community groups.
Fast-track for Santos' gas pipeline betrays communities, exposes Perrottet Government’s climate hypocrisy
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet’s announcement he will attempt to fast-track the Narrabri Gas Project exposes his hypocrisy on climate action and is another kick in the guts for local communities.
Likely million dollar cleanup bill for New Standard’s stranded assets won’t be the last unless McGowan Govt bans fracking
A cleanup bill that could sting WA taxpayers millions of dollars highlights the risk of granting fracking companies open slather to explore highly speculative petroleum reserves in the remote Kimberley region.
Cup half-full win for water but Plibersek stops short of much needed integrity measures
Extending the federal water trigger so it applies to shale and tight gas projects as announced today by the Federal Environment Minister is a welcome move that will help increase scrutiny of fracking proposals, says Lock the Gate Alliance.
Goodbye Glencore - Lock the Gate welcomes company’s decision to scrap Valeria coal mine
Glencore’s withdrawal of its huge Valeria project in Central Queensland is another sign that there is no future for new thermal coal mines as the world moves urgently to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT: Farmers gift anti-gas pipeline petition to Matt Kean on eve of energy price crisis talks
Farmers have travelled hundreds of kilometres to deliver a petition to Energy Minister Matt Kean’s Hornsby electorate office, demanding he reject Santos’ planned Hunter Gas Pipeline on the eve of Friday’s National Cabinet energy crisis meeting.
Eighty percent of Alice residents oppose fracking, government gas subsidies
Anti-fracking sentiment is strong in the red centre, with a doorknock survey revealing the vast majority of randomly selected residents oppose both the unconventional gas mining technique and taxpayer grants for petroleum companies.
Two down, one to go: APA gas pipeline demise celebrated as farmers gear up for fight against Santos HGP
Confirmation that APA Group will not pursue its fiercely opposed Western Slopes Pipeline has strengthened landholder resolve to send Santos and its Hunter Gas Pipeline packing.
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