Greens MP and coal seam gas spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has introduced a Coal Seam Gas Moratorium Bill into the NSW Parliament. The Bill would place a 12 month moratorium on the coal seam gas industry in NSW. It would also prohibit coal seam gas mining in the Sydney Metropolitan area.

Media release - 28 May 2011 Footage of the leaking foamy coal seam gas well Greens MP and mining spokesperson, Jeremy Buckingham has called on the government to thoroughly investigate an AGL coal seam gas well (Sugar Loaf 3) that leaked a foamy substance into the air next to the Sydney suburb of Glen Alpine [...]

Media - 26 May 2011 Greens MP and mining spokesperson, Jeremy Buckingham, has been successful in getting the NSW Parliament to ‘call for papers’ relating to the Shenhua Watermark coal mine proposal. All documents relating to the government’s correspondence with company since it entered caretaker mode on 3 March 2011 will now be produced within [...]

Ten News: coal seam gas in Sydney water catchment area 24 May 2011

Gas blow out shows the need for 12 month moratorium 23 May 2011 The Greens mining spokesperson, Jeremy Buckingham MLC, said the massive coal seamgas well blow out in Queensland should be a warning to the NSW government to this industry under control before similar disasters occur in NSW. “This massive gas blow out in [...]