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  1. Coal seam gas 鈥 dirtier than coal, worse than shale

    surface waters, while taking rich farmland out of food production. But at least, its promoters argue, coal ... pumping in a high-pressure mix of water, sand and various (often toxic) chemicals. This process opens ... times by way of geological faults that allow it to vent to the atmosphere or end up in water supplies. ...

  2. Peru: Anti-mining protests erupt before poll

    south-eastern Peru, where precious water supplies have been diverted to mining at the expense of farmers, is ... Development (SED), as 鈥淪outh America鈥檚 most water-stressed country鈥. SED said: 鈥Water draining from the Andean ... highlands... serves as a water tower that supports 鈥 agricultural activities.鈥 Glacier melt due to climate ...

  3. Tour gets active, not radioactive

    to such a degree that it will require over 200 million litres of fresh water a day for processing. ... was a special event as Lake Eyre South was full of water and we experienced the expansive wonder of ... overuse of the Great Artesian Basin water 鈥 it uses more than 35 million litres per day. We visited the ...

  4. Protest confronts CSG conference

    our water resources on the driest continent on the planet.鈥 Ewan Saunders from Socialist Alliance ...

  5. Alice solutions staring them in the face

    Anti-racism Larissa Behrendt Alice Springs is a town unlike any other and to an outsider its racial tensions are noticeable. Walking through the shopping centre one sees security guards tell Aboriginal people to move on when they are window shopping. Pove ...

  6. Thousands spell out opposition to coal seam gas

    no uncertain terms. 鈥淭his community is standing together to ensure safe drinking water and food, the ...

  7. World emissions rise, carbon markets fail

    Environment Simon Butler Global greenhouse gas emissions rose faster than ever last year and the market-based schemes set up to bring emissions down are in trouble. That鈥檚 the bad news from two recent reports by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and t ...