Wednesday, July 25

'Riot police needed' over CSG




Ian Gaillard: CSG is something that will undermine the future health of generation after generation. History will show this was a crime of the biggest magnitude.

RIOT police will be needed to deal with the fallout of the NSW Government's back-flip on its election pledge to protect the state's water supply from mining interference, North Coast environmental activist Ian Gaillard has warned.

The Lock the Gate spokesman believes the State Government "sold out the groundwater of NSW" to the coal-seam gas industry and he has put the Premier on notice to expect the most significant protest action in the state's history in response.

Last week, NSW Planning Minister Brad Hazzard unveiled the latest version of the government's aquifer interference policy at a farming forum in Sydney.

In the lead-up to the last state election, a draft of the policy was released in an attempt to reassure voters the coalition would put stringent measures in place to protect sensitive land and water supplies from CSG.

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The Northern Star

Editor's Note:  When will the mining companies and the politicians get it????  What Ian has said  is absolutely correct.  They are living in the here and now - why cant they see past their own lifetime???  One would suspect that they cant see past their next election.

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