Coal seam gas under renewed pressure
If the Cap FitsPut brakes on CSG, Windsor urges
“If you don’t know the scientific realities of the relationship between coal seam gas and groundwater and the mixing of aquifers, maybe you shouldn’t go there in the first place.”
Heffernan calls for no-go farmland zones
LIBERAL senator Bill Heffernan has suggested prime farmland be set aside as “no go” areas for the coal seam gas industry, creating a new political headache for Opposition leader Tony Abbott.
An almighty clash of values above and below ground
“But this issue of CSG and coalmining has brought a new dimension. CSG involves many wells and hydraulic fracturing, which means pumping huge volumes of a water-chemical-sand mix into the seams to release the gas. The coalmining involves ripping up good farmland for a vast open pit scar on the landscape.”
Senate hearing spotlight on coal seam gas
“Why should our ratepayers be threatened with legal action, why should their lives be disrupted, why should our beautiful farming lands be ruined, and why should we have to put up with this because of government’s gross mismanagement?” Ms Humphries said.
Debate rages over coal seam gas plans
“We have this dreadful meddling from governments that have grossly mismanaged the whole economy and I understand they need the mineral resources to balance the books.
But in 20 years’ time there’s no point in having the books balanced and the people starving, it’s ridiculous.”
The cold hard fracks
“We have the largest pure water source in the world. In fact, the Great Artesian Basin covers a vast area of our land mass (almost one quarter in total), and Australia is one of the few countries where it is safe to drink the tap water at home. How can we even consider putting our fresh water supply at risk?”
Groundwater Impacts of Coal Seam Gas Development
University of Queensland study into the risks posed to groundwater and aquifer systems by the development of the coal seam gas and LNG industry in Queensland.
Submission into impact of mining coal seam gas
Contributors: Dr Marion Carey MB, BS (Hons), MPH, FAFPHM, FRSPH, Senior Research Fellow, Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University
Professor Peter Doherty AC, FRS, FAA, Laureate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne, Michael F. Tamer Chair of Biomedical Research at St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine
Professor Anthony J McMichael AO, MB, BS, PhD, FAFPHM, FTSE, (US)NAS. Professor of Population Health, Australia National University, and Honorary Professor of Climate Change and Human Health, University of Copenhagen
Dr Helen Redmond MB, BS, FAFRM, RACP, Staff Specialist, Rehabilitation Medicine, Fairfield Hospital, Sydney
Dr. David Shearman PhD, MB, ChB, FRCPE, FRACP, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
Dr. John Sheridan PSM, BSc (Med), MB, BS, PhD, FAFPHM, formally Communicable Diseases Epidemiologist, Queensland Health
Groundwater connections between the Walloon Coal Measures and the Alluvium of the Condamine River
JHillierfinaldoc Report by John Hillier, consulting hydrogeologist.
Preliminary Assessment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A complete consideration of all emissions from using natural gas seems likely to make natural gas far
less attractive than oil and not significantly better than coal in terms of the consequences for global warming.