MEDIA RELEASE  -  30 May 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham said today that footage of methane gas bubbling up through the Condamine River in Queensland, close to coal seam gas well sites, was proof that the industry is unsafe and puts at risk our water supply.  He warned that the O’Farrell [...]

Jeremy wrote an opinion piece for ABC’s The Drum:   You can read the piece here. At today’s National Press Club address, Australian Workers Union national secretary Paul Howes confessed that he’s a “dig it up, cut it down type of guy” and is the coal and gas industry’s best friend. His vocal support for [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 16 May 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham congratulated Richmond Valley Council for placing a moratorium on coal seam gas and said the growing number of local council resolutions was a demonstration that the industry has not got a social licence to operate in NSW. After initially backing coal seam [...]

MEDIA RELEASE  -  10 May 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham said today that Dart Energy’s decision not to drill for coal seam gas at St Peters in Sydney’s Inner West was a huge victory for the community and called on the state government to cancel the gas exploration licence for the [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 7 May 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham has today questioned whether the NSW Government moratorium on issuing licences to frack for coal seam gas has ended? On 2 December, Resources Minister Chris Hartcher announced an extension of the moratorium on fracking in NSW ’until April 2012 pending the completion of [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 2 May 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on agriculture Jeremy Buckingham condemned the O’Farrell Government, particularly the National Party, for breaking its election commitment to remove the current exemption for public authorities under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993. The gutless Labor Party voted with the Government against Greens amendment that would have made [...]