Alan Jones interviews Peter Martin on radio - governments are reaching a precipice and we need to spread this word to stop willy nilly licence approval and make them aware that they are gambling with Sydney's drinking water.

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Attached are extracts from yesterday’s 7:30 Report on the Coal and Gas Mining issues in the Southern Highlands.
Come to our OUR LAND, OUR WATER, OUR FUTURE Rally in Corbett Gardens, Bowral on Saturday, November 19 at 11am to hear more about the way insidious mining practices are creeping across our beautiful country and could affect YOU in the Southern Highlands. Alan Jones will MC and we will have a raft of distinguished speakers from around the country.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-04/landowners-undermined-by-companies/3636798

“The inherent risks of coal mining to the environment are well known. Evidence now points to the high price that coal workers, their families and the communities they live in are paying in health costs, not to mention the government’s health budget. Nyema hermiston investigates…”

For the rest of the article please follow the link below.

Your Times 200911

An excellent analysis on CSG

http://tv.afr.com/video/170139?play=1

The board of the Sydney Catchment Authority is pushing to strengthen its powers to control coal seam gas exploration.

Documents obtained by the ABC reveal increasing concern among board members about the impact of coal seam gas wells on water quality in special protected catchment land in the Woronora and Illawarra areas.

The board has decided the full impact of coal seam gas projects needs to be spelled out before exploration can start.

The documents show it was only after Apex Energy’s exploration wells were approved by the state’s Planning Department that the authority’s board asked if access to protected drinking water catchments could be withdrawn.

The board has decided it will not approve access for a new well in protected land, which is about to be referred to the NSW Planning Assessment Commission.

Apex says the well is crucial for its $7 million project, and the company will appeal if it is refused.

Source: ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-09-15/catchment-authority-resists-coal-seam-gas/2900798

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They Want CSG. Australia needs Clean Water and Food.

Watch this very alarming video.

 

Dear SHCAG supporter,

Attached please find our submission to the NSW Legislative Council inquiry into Coal Seam Gas.

Many thanks

Tim

Submission NSW Leg Council Final 0609112