CAMPAIGNERS say coal-seam gas is bubbling to the surface of a river in Queensland and they blame it on local CSG operations.
Drew Hutton, president of the Lock the Gates Alliance, which is fighting the expansion of the CSG industry, says the gas is appearing along five-kilometre stretch of the Condamine River near Chinchilla.
He said the gas was bubbling to the surface at at least four spots along the river, near where a CSG company is operating.
CSG company Origin Energy says it believes the seepage has nothing to do with its CSG activities in the affected area, where coal seams lie very close to the surface, and is naturally occurring.
Footage shot at an undisclosed location in the river has been posted on YouTube.
It purports to show parts of the river bubbling like a spa bath and a hand-held gas detector going off when it is held near the surface of the water.
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The Australian
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