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  1. Human sign protest calls for CSG ban in water catchments

    dedicated to the statewide demand for a ban on coal seam gas development in NSW drinking water catchments, ... water catchments. He said: 鈥淭he next Liberal/National Government will ensure that mining cannot occur ... 鈥 in any water catchment area, and will ensure that mining leases and mining exploration permits ...

  2. CSG water catchment ban heats up in Illawarra

    federal water trigger. Participants cheered at news of the recent announcements by Metgasco and Dart to ... aim over the next period would be to continue the campaign for a CSG ban in NSW drinking water ...

  3. Community celebrates freeze on Illawarra CSG project, prepares for new campaign

    drinking water catchments.鈥 But, while a blow to the project, Moore said the licence expirations do not ... Wollongong and in parts of the drinking water catchment. Moore said: 鈥淭he fact is, the government still ... drinking water catchment. The campaign to protect land and water 鈥 to put science before development 鈥 will ...

  4. Illawarra residents organise to stop coal seam gas mining

    Illawarra spokesperson Jess Moore said the wells are in and around the Sydney Water Catchment, and pose ... a direct threat to the water supply. 鈥淥ur concerns include possible physical damage to the environment, ... 'produced water', leaky wells, increased risk of bush fires and gas explosions 鈥 many of which pose ...

  5. Illawarra, Sydney human sign protests to slam CSG mining

    the Illawarra have been renewed, including one in the drinking water catchment. [Barry] O'Farrell ... promised to ban exploration and mining in the drinking water catchment. This was 鈥 quite clearly 鈥 a lie. ... land, water and communities at risk [and make] it clear that the government thinks CSG profits are more ...

  6. Beach protest against coal seam gas

    Sydney water catchment. Coal seam gas drilling produces contaminated water, is a bushfire risk due to ...

  7. Stick together & act together to stop CSG

    鈥淧rotect our Land and Water鈥 from coal seam gas (CSG) and irresponsible mining, represented an incredible ... the potential damage to water, productive land and communities. That the Country Women鈥檚 Association ... to support the development of the CSG industry, putting water systems, land and our health at risk. ...

  8. Wollongong council to back Stop CSG community conference

    they voted unanimously to urge the NSW government to ban CSG mining in the region's water ... website: 鈥淭his community has 鈥 so far 鈥 halted the plan to develop a gas field in our drinking water ...

  9. Victory for community and environment

    water-dependent natural features is an objective鈥, it said, adding it was 鈥渘o longer a viable proposition for ... mining to cause more than negligible damage to pristine or near-pristine waterways in drinking water ...

  10. New Wollongong council backs community

    mining in the region's water catchments, and said it will work with state and federal governments to ... the water supply catchment area to urge the NSW government to rule out CSG in the catchments. It also ...

  11. How the Illawarra has (so far) stopped CSG

    has so far put a stop to the local CSG project, which threatens the drinking water for greater Sydney. ... Apex Energy had consent to drill 15 CSG wells in and around Sydney's drinking water catchment (a ... development in drinking water catchments. SCSGI's demands have been successful in drawing people into the ...

  12. Cracks appear in Illawarra CSG project

    calling for a ban on CSG mining in drinking water catchments. Stop CSG Illawarra spearheaded a petition ... Council unanimously voted to urge the NSW government to ban CSG in the region鈥檚 water catchments. Local ... satisfied our land and water is safe.鈥 Australia June 21, 2012 927 Stop CSG Illawarra protest on Austinmer ...

  13. Oakdale residents angry at CSG mining plan

    Dam water catchment area. The meeting heard from four speakers: Jai Rowell, NSW Liberal member for ... are needed for the project to be profitable?鈥, 鈥淗ow will you dispose of toxic water during ...

  14. NSW community discusses coal, climate and jobs

    Sydney, on September 26 to discuss the issues of climate, water, jobs and political action. The meeting ...

  15. Thousands take action against coal seam gas in Illawarra

    standing together to ensure safe drinking water and food, the environment and our health. And we will not ...

  16. Illawarra locals keep up campaign to stop Gujarat coalmine expansion

    the potential impact on the Illawarra鈥檚 drinking water catchment, air quality, and increased noise and ...

  17. Coal community discusses climate change

    mining operations directly under the Woronora reservoir, a key water source for south Sydney and the ...

  18. Step off the gas, say Greens

    regulations. 鈥淭he dash for coal seam gas profits puts the drinking water for the Illawarra and the southern ...

  19. Non-stop coal deliveries fuel anger

    endanger catchment areas that supply drinking water to the Illawarra region and Sydney. Local animal ...

  20. Australia's oldest coalmine targeted

    given approval to mine directly under the Woronora water catchment for the next 20 years. Workshops at ...

  21. NSW Climate Camp speaks louder than words

    "When it comes to water, climate and jobs 鈥 actions speak louder than words". Climate Camp ... reservoir, a key water source for south Sydney and the Illawarra. Climate Camp called for the mine expansion ... to be halted given the clear threat to drinking water and the pressing need to phase out coal-use to ...

  22. Democracy must apply to mining

    the environmental damage, competition with drinking water catchments and food growing lands, ... and water should be actively supported. Initiatives that challenge the undemocratic process regarding ...

  23. Community struggle for Sandon Point continues

    together to form a giant floodplain wetland, which absorbs the water and its high-flow energy, to release ... protect water quality and wildlife, biological experts say that any development should be at least 40 ...

  24. Japan: Nuclear industry played russian roulette

    earthquake. What no one had bargained for in this instance was a titanic wall of water that would overwhelm ... temperatures rising in the core. As temperatures rise, the coolant water that surrounds the core is boiled off, ... as the water is boiled and turns into super-heated steam, it has to be vented to the outside. It was ...

  25. Food crisis, social crisis: capitalism鈥檚 deadly paradox

    state. Finally, many regions are expected to see earlier snowmelt, so less water will be stored on ... to less hydroelectric power, which means farmers have to use their own pumps to obtain water from ... supplies at such volumes. This is despite the fact that while 90% of water use in India is for agriculture, ...

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