The NSW Government has recommended approval of an 850-well coal seam gas field in the Pilliga forest wilderness and farmland near Narrabri. The Pilliga is the largest temperate forest we have left in the state. Turning it into an industrial gas field will poison groundwater, carve up the forest with roads and pipelines, endanger koalas…
Category: Coal Seam Gas
The Bentley Effect
Repower NSW Week of Action
The Bentley Effect – Regent Cinema – 18 November
When the coal seam gas industry staked aclaim on the Northern Rivers region of Australia, alarm bells rang out. A critical mass of people from all walks of life – activists, farmers, landowners, mums, dads, scientists, etc – organised themselves to rally against the unconventional gas invasion. Despite the enormous public opposition, the gas industry…
Organic Farming Changes Agriculture from a Huge Carbon Source to a Carbon-DESTROYER
Posted on April 30, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog From Source of 35% of All Carbon Worldwide to Carbon Sink Science China Press reports (via the American Association for the Advancement of Science): Approximately 35% of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) come from agriculture. Some argues that human can reverse global worming by sequestering several hundred billion tons…
Fracking will ruin sacred, preserved sites in the ‘American cradle of civilization’ – lawsuit
Published time: March 14, 2015 16:37 From rt.com A Navajo advocacy group has asked a federal judge to halt hydraulic fracking permits in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, claiming that drilling threatens a historic UNESCO heritage site considered sacred by Navajo, Hopi and Pueblo peoples. Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment and three…
When Profit Trumps Democracy – by Aidan Ricketts
How dare Metgasco seek taxpayers money from the government to ‘compensate’ them for their own poor business judgment? What an outrageous sense of entitlement it reveals. Whatever happened to the old idea that businesses made profits partly because they took risks. This insidious idea that speculative companies have some right to be compensated for democracy…
Lock the Gate- “Fractured Country” Video November 2013
Lock the Tweed invites you to: – See the latest 30 min video from Lock the Gate “Fractured Country” – Hear about the latest developments in the Northern Rivers and beyond. – Defend your community and the Tweed Valley! – Discuss: Where to now? $10 entry (includes meal) FUNDRAISER FOR LOCK THE GATE AND THE ANTI-CSG CAMPAIGN Starting at Tyalgum: Community Hall Sat…
Red Alert for Pilliga forests [NCEC]
North Coast Environment Council Email From: Susie Russell Sent: Sunday, 20 October 2013 11:27 AM Message from Naomi (Wilderness Society Newcastle) LATEST MESSAGE FROM NAOMI – re the Pilliga Red Alert: “Hi everyone, Thank you so much for the amazing level of support that has been shared today from far and wide. It is very heartening…
NCEC- Glenugie CSG Retrospective 01 April 2013
Glenugie Update- Police move in on protesters
NEWS FLASH: Glenugie Update 7th January 2012 From: Chris Aitchison, Secretary Caldera Environment Centre For over 50 days, a contingent of brave, caring, and representative people from across the Northern Rivers region successfully hindered Metgasco’s attempts to access a Glenugie property, where it plans to undertake exploratory drilling for coal seam gas (CSG). The blockade…
Fracking America- Butler County, Pennsylvania
In case we missed it.. Residents in Butler County, Pennsylvania share their fracking experience. Film shared courtesy of Nature Abounds’ friend Rich Waters, a local photographer and videographer who is documenting how fracking is changing the lives of his neighbors in Southwest Pennsylvania. Link to Video: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31880.htm Photo is from Tara gas…
Community Resistance to CSG in New York State
New York State communities use local zoning laws to fight against CSG Frack Fight. A Secret War of Activists. With the World in the Balance. By Ellen Cantarow (19 Nov. 2012 Information Clearing House) “There’s a war going on that you know nothing about between a coalition of great powers and a small insurgent movement. It’s…