Archive | February, 2014

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Greens call on NSW Government to implement draft NSW weed review

26 February 2014 by jackgough

MEDIA RELEASE - 26 February 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on agriculture Jeremy Buckingham today welcomed the draft NSW weed management review and called on the NSW Government to make the required resources available to ensure the full implementation of its recommendations. “The establishment of a ‘permitted list’ for sale of plants within NSW is an [...]

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Greens refer special treatment deal with Santos to ICAC

Greens refer special treatment deal with Santos to ICAC

21 February 2014 by jackgough

MEDIA RELEASE - 21 February 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today said he would refer the Memorandum of Understanding between the NSW Government and coal seam gas company Santos to the Independent Commission Against Corruption saying that the declaration that the project would be fast-tracked as a ‘Strategic Energy Project’ undermined the [...]

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Water not coal

O’Farrell breaks election promise, threatens drinking water catchment

19 February 2014 by jackgough

MEDIA RELEASE - 19 February 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today condemned the O’Farrell government for breaking a key pre-election commitment that no mining would occur in water catchments by recommending approval of the Wallarah 2 coal mine on the central coast. “This is a complete betrayal of the people of NSW,” [...]

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Greens condemn Minister Roberts for spouting CSG industry lies

17 February 2014 by jackgough

MEDIA RELEASE - 17 February 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today condemned NSW Minister for Resources Anthony Roberts for running a scare campaign based on industry lies to justify turning NSW into a toxic gas field. “The idea that NSW must industrialize our agricultural land and threaten our water resources in response [...]

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Drayton South mine

CFMEU fails to plan for a future without coal

14 February 2014 by jackgough

MEDIA RELEASE - 14 February 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today criticized the CFMEU for failing to advocate strongly for a transition for their members away from the dying coal and gas industry and into renewable energy.  This follows the CFMEU’s calls for the NSW government to support the expansion of Anglo American’s Drayton South [...]

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NSW Government fails to respond to regional water supply crisis

12 February 2014 by jackgough

MEDIA RELEASE - 12 Feb 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on agriculture Jeremy Buckingham today condemned the NSW Government for leaving regional communities exposed to a water supply crisis by wilfully and recklessly ignoring the science of climate change. “A 2007 report by the CSIRO clearly predicted there will be more hot days, bushfires, droughts and [...]

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Santos start to destroy the Pilliga forest for coal seam gas

11 February 2014 by maxphillips


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A Warning from Wyoming - John Fenton Tour

07 February 2014 by maxphillips

In Feb/March 2014 we are bringing John Fenton, a cattle rancher from the USA, out to Australia where he will be telling his story of how fracking for gas poisoned the water in his home town of Pavillion, Wyoming. Following the drilling of 200 gas wells in his region, drinking water now has to be [...]

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