Sustainability in hot water.
Tag: coal-seam-gas
$120m row flares over QLD’s Royalties for Regions
Councils dig-in over state government raid on infrastructure revenue.
Queensland flames NSW over Coal Seam Gas output
The sunshine state’s Energy Minister has accused the New South Wales Baird government of contributing to energy price hikes.
Queensland government hits Underground Coal Gasification player Linc Energy with environmental damage charges
Anger and accusations fly over why an official investigation took nine months with little detail of what damage was caused.
City of Sydney demands Trigeneration rules be relaxed
By Julian Bajkowski The City of Sydney is again ramping up its promotion of trigeneration as a viable alternative means of producing energy in the heart of the city. Having…
Combet moves to measure fugitive CSG
By Julian Bajkowski The Federal Government has moved to start overhauling the way greenhouse gasses released into the atmosphere from highly controversial coal seam gas (CSG) sites are measured and…
Coal Seam Gas under pressure
By Paddy Manning* Coal Seam Gas was once hailed as a clean and green form of energy. But there are now very serious economic and environmental questions for both communities…
Victorian councils demand CSG probe into ‘fraccing’
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Victorian local governments have warned that new bans on the controversial practice of coal seam gas (CSG) extraction through hydraulic fracturing (fraccing) in the…
Councils clash with state on coal mining
By Paul Hemsley Councils, community members and rural residents in Victoria are in disagreement with the state government’s support of coal mining exploration. A media release from focus group, Friends…