MEDIA RELEASE  15 November 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today called on Premier Barry O’Farrell to implement a moratorium on the coal seam gas industry in NSW after a scientific study showed high levels of methane leaking into the atmosphere from a coal seam gas field in Tara, Queensland. “Barry O’Farrell [...]

JEREMY BUCKINGHAM MLC MEDIA RELEASE 25 June 2012 Greens NSW mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has called on Metgasco to clarify whether or not the evidence they provided to the NSW Parliament Inquiry into Coal Seam Gas was accurate, following revelations they have illegally disposed of coal seam gas water at the Casino Sewage Treatment Plant. [...]

Greens NSW MP and mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has congratulated campaigners in the Northern Rivers today for their action against Metgasco’s plans to build a new coal seam gas waste-water pond near Casino. “The Government grandly announced a ban on evaporation ponds last year but has now approved a 5-year wastewater storage pond that operates [...]

The Greens NSW spokesperson on coal seam gas Jeremy Buckingham has condemned the NSW Liberal and National Government for ignoring the pleas of the Northern Rivers community to protect their environment and economy from the impact of Coal Seam Gas exploration and production. Mr Buckingham’s attempt to incorporate a letter from the Northern Rivers community [...]

Greens MP and mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has labelled the Government’s Strategic Regional Land Use Policy announcement a breach of their promise to the communities of regional NSW. “The National Party has either deliberately abandoned the interests of farmers to the big mining corporations, or else they’ve been comprehensively rolled by the Liberal Party,” Mr [...]

John Williams has resurrected in his opinion piece: Mining gas in NSW is viable if it’s controlled (SMH Opinion, 1 March 2012) the out-dated argument that all that is needed to make coal seam gas workable in NSW is a technological fix to deal with water impacts and fugitive gas emissions. There are similarities in this [...]

MEDIA RELEASE – 25 October 2011 Greens mining spokesperson, Jeremy Buckingham has called on the Australian Petroleum Production Exploration Association (APPEA) to release the research conducted by their lobbyist Crosby Textor in its entirety after APPEA selectively released only one question to the media. “APPEA have been flogging a poll result to the media and [...]