Isabel McIntosh and local man Sam Makamaka. PICTURE: Carly Earl
LOCALS are using guerrilla campaign tactics to spread the word about the dangers of coal seam gas mining.
Hundreds of copies of the now-famous documentary Gasland, about the damage coal seam gas mining has caused in the US, are being dropped at bus shelters around the city with the plea; “Watch Me. Pass Me On”.
Local Isabel McIntosh said the clever distribution technique was a more personal way to get the word out without having to pay public broadcast fees.
“Each DVD is also individually numbered and we are hoping people will tweet (#CSGDVD) or add a photo to Facebook telling where they found the DVD, what they thought of it, and how they passed it on,” Ms McIntosh said.
A member of the Stop Coal Seam Gas Coalition, Ms McIntosh said the group had been attempting for nearly a year to meet NSW Mining Minister Chris Hartcher, and to get an update on Dart Energy company’s permit to explore for coal seam gas in St Peters in the inner city.
“In the US, coal seam gas mining has destroyed the farming lands of Wyoming and in Texas there are wells bumping up to suburban backyard fences,” Ms McIntosh said.
Dart Energy’s licence to explore for coal seam gas across more 2300 sq km of the Sydney Basin expired last October and is under consideration by the state government.
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