The City of Sydney’s submission to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into coal seam gas is now online.
We believe that coal seam gas exploration licences should be put on hold until their environmental impacts have been assessed and the community fully consulted.
Gas is an important transition fuel for a low-carbon future but the Inquiry must consider whether NSW needs to develop its coal seam gas reserves, given Australia’s significant liquid natural gas reserves.
Gas can help us transition to a greener future but that can’t happen unless environmental safeguards are in place. Gas is not greener if we destroy our farmlands or water supply to get there.
We do not support the exploration of coal seam gas in built-up areas and passed a resolution of Council in December 2010 that coal seam gas extraction poses unacceptable risks to the environment.
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