Western Downs AllianceCSG’s most loyal fan- Mayor Ray Brown
Four Corners went to air on monday night,showing a former senior public official tell how she was expected to assess two Queensland coal seam gas projects worth $38 billion without adequate time or background information. The next day, Western Downs Regional Council Mayor Ray Brown, jumps to the defence of the CSG industry once again, [...]
BG Group- Corporate Criminals aided by Corrupt Governments
Most Environmentally and Socially Controversial Companies of 2010 Zurich, December 15, 2010 / Karen Reiner 1. Transocean Ltd 2. BP PLC 3. Vedanta Resources PLC 4. ExxonMobil Corp 5. Foxconn Electronics Inc 6. Chevron Corp 7. BG Group PLC 8. Royal Dutch Shell 9. Sinar Mas Group 10. Magyar Aluminium (MAL) Companies on the list [...]
State’s top public servants are jumping ship to join the CSG industry they assessed
by: John McCarthy From: The Courier-Mail April 01, 2013 12:00AM An impressive list of senior public servants and spin doctors have found their way into the CSG industry. Source: The Courier-Mail A BRAIN drain of Queensland top talent has left the public service, with some of its best workers opting for the coal seam gas [...]
4 Corners
For those who missed 4 Corners last night it is replayed tonight Tuesday 2nd April at 11.35pm. It can also be seen on ABC News 24 on Saturday at 8.00pm, ABC iview and at abc.net.au/4corners. Follow this link to watch online: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2013/04/01/3725150.htm or read the Transcript: Transcript “Gas Leak!” Monday 1 April 2013 (Pale [...]
4 Corners
Tonight 4 corners looks at CSG. GAS LEAK! By Matthew Carney and Connie Agius It’s been sold as the cleaner-greener carbon fuel but is coal seam gas as clean as it claims… Monday 1 April 2013 The coal seam gas industry promotes itself as a cleaner carbon-fuel alternative; but how do we know this [...]
NO CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH FOR CSG
A Critique of the Queensland Department of Health’s Report on the Health Impacts of CSG Activities on the Tara Community Summary The Queensland Government’s Health Report, ‘Coal seam gas in the Tara region: Summary risk assessment of health complaints and environmental monitoring data, March 2013’, [Health Report] and the reports on which it [...]
ABC Rural Report: No clear link between CSG and Health concerns
No clear link between CSG and health concerns by Cassie Hough A report has no found a clear link between the health concerns highlighted by a number of residents in the Tara region and coal seam gas activities. The report compiled by Queensland Health looked at air, soil, and water quality monitoring as [...]
QLD Health report :Coal seam gas in the Tara region
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/tableOffice/TabledPapers/2013/5413T2306.pdf
Never Dull
It’s been another interesting week for the CSG industry. The gas industry was quick to attack the findings and the scientists Dr Santos and Dr Maher after the release of a report claiming that methane levels around the Tara residential estates were far higher then reported by the industry. A Right to Information request reported [...]
Its time to reclaim our communities!
As the CSG industry takes over our communities,tramples all over our property rights,impacts our health,destroys our roads, more and more people are contacting us about standing up and fighting this industry. Recently we attended QGC’s information centre opening, where the local taekwondo club had already organised a sausage sizzle fundraiser,which had to be cancelled due [...]