Pages tagged "Gas"
Government sells out communities over mining reforms
Friends of the Earth media release.
Last night, the Lower House of Parliament passed the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Amendment Bill 2013 (MRSDA).
Read moreExtending Frack moratorium a good start. Next test is coal allocation.
Friends of the Earth media release.
Friends of the Earth has welcomed today’s announcement by the Premier that the moratorium on the process of unconventional gas fracking will be extended at least until June 2015.
Read moreNationals score Own Goal in response to unconventional gas motion
Friends of the Earth media release
Yesterday Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber introduced a motion to the Upper House, which called for a permanent ban on the coal seam gas (CSG) industry in Victoria.
Read moreNew gas licenses a risky move for state government
Friends of the Earth media release
Last friday the Premier, Dr Napthine, announced that the government would maintain the current moratorium on the process of fracking to access unconventional gas in Victoria.
Read morePeter Reith strong on fear, short on facts
Friends of the Earth media release
Peter Reith’s long awaited report to the Victorian government about the eastern gas market will be handed to the government today. While the Premier has not yet said if he will release the report to the public, Mr Reith has made the contents clear in multiple media interviews.
Read morePremier Napthine must resolve uncertainty over coal and gas
Friends of the Earth media release
With the Coalition in power federally, there is already increased pressure nation wide to develop new coal and gas projects. Tony Abbott has promised to cut ‘Green tape’ which might hold up mining projects and other developments. And Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has declared that he will ensure that “every molecule of gas that can come out of the ground does so.”
Read moreBass Coast Council shows leadership in campaign against Coal Seam Gas
Friends of the Earth media release
Agriculture is a cornerstone of Victoria’s economy, producing goods valued at around $9 billion a year.
Gippsland, in particular, acts as a food bowl for Melbourne and overseas consumers. Yet it is being squeezed on all sides, with encroachment from urban sprawl on the west, the prospect of negative impacts from climate change, and the potential for a major expansion of the fossil fuel industry.
APPEA ‘charm offensive’ hits Victoria
Friends of the Earth media release
The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) has launched its long awaited ‘charm offensive’ in Victoria, with its ‘Lets Grow Victoria’ campaign.
Read moreGovernment response to minerals report: fast track mining in Victoria
The long awaited Victorian government response to the ‘Inquiry into Greenfields mineral exploration and project development in Victoria’ was tabled this afternoon.
State government must broaden Fracking moratorium
Media release Friends of the Earth
On Saturday May11, around 180 people attending a public meeting at Seaspray in Gippsland to express concern about the possibility of gas drilling in their area. On Monday evening, Lakes Oil dropped a letter in mailboxes, telling adjacent landowners it would start ‘testing’ at their Wombat 1 drill site the next day, Tuesday May 14.
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