28 March 2014 by maxphillips
MEDIA RELEASE - 28 March 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham expressed his concern that the EPA has announced an investigation into yet another spill by Santos, this time of 500 litres of toxic coal seam gas water at its Narrabri coal seam gas operations. He called for their operations to be frozen by the [...]
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27 March 2014 by maxphillips
MEDIA RELEASE - 27 March 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today accused the O’Farrell Government of covering up after they blocked a motion in the NSW Upper House for all documents relating to the aquifer contamination incident and investigation, as well as the MOU to fast track the assessment process for the [...]
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26 March 2014 by jackgough
MEDIA RELEASE - 26 March 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today welcomed the announcement that there would be a 6 month freeze on assessing petroleum exploration license applications but warned that there are still no clear protections for key agricultural regions. “This decision is a clear recognition by the government that coexistence [...]
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25 March 2014 by maxphillips
MEDIA RELEASE - 25 March 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today slammed the Labor Party for putting their short term political interests over the interests of the people of the Central Coast. Labor’s decision to join with the Coalition to vote down the Greens bill to protect the Central Coast drinking water [...]
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21 March 2014 by maxphillips
21 March 2014 by maxphillips
17 March 2014 by maxphillips
Click here to listen to Premier Barry O’Farrell’s words Barry O’Farrell: :I remember well standing in that park and making the commitment that we were not going to sign up to any mining proposals that undermined and threatened water supplies in the Wyong Valley. I remember it well because: a) It was an honest answer b) It [...]
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08 March 2014 by maxphillips
MEDIA RELEASE - 8 March 2014 Ground water contaminated with uranium 20x limit & other poisonous elements - game over for coal seam gas The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today called on the NSW government to halt all coal seam gas projects after the NSW Environmental Protection Authority found that gas company Santos [...]
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06 March 2014 by maxphillips
06 March 2014 by maxphillips