A new national partnership agreement could allay a lot of CSG worries, if the states sign up. kateausburn/Flickr
A new national agreement designed to protect water resources from coal seam gas extraction and coal mining could offer a level of protection so far unseen in Australian environmental legislation. Any states serious about protecting water for farming and the environment should be signing up.
The Prime Minister announced the National Partnership Agreement for the Regulation of Coal Seam Gas (NPACSG) on November 21, 2011. NPACSG has been set up to strengthen the environmental regulation of coal seam gas proposals and large coal mining developments which may have a significant impact on water resources. Farmers, in particular, are worried that the gas extraction process threatens their water supplies.
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