MEDIA RELEASE 21 March 2013 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today welcomed elements of the coal seam gas exclusion zone State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP), but expressed concern that agriculture was still unprotected and that a potential loophole had been created that allows local councils to opt out of exclusion zones. “Allowing [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 20 March 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today condemned the National Party for rejecting a parliamentary call for papers on the Shenhua Watermark coal project in the Liverpool Plains. The Greens moved in formal business for all papers relating to the controversial mine licence granted by former Minister [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 14 March 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham said the Greens were gravely concerned with the number of documents withheld from a Parliamentary call of papers relating to Mount Penny and believed that the matter should be referred to ICAC as soon as possible for a thorough investigation. After [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 13 March 2013 Metgasco’s withdrawal from Northern Rivers a recognition of community opposition to CSG The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today welcomed coal seam gas company Metgasco’s announcement that it was suspending its activities in the Northern Rivers of NSW saying it was recognition that gas companies can not force [...]

Media Release 7 March 2013 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today said the assessment of the Shenhua Watermark coal mine proposed for the highly productive Liverpool Plains area would be a make or break test of the O’Farrell Government’s Strategic Regional Land Use Policy, and if the mine is approved it would [...]