The Coal Seam Gas industry is coming under increasing pressure to prove it can operate without damaging natural resources such as freshwater aquifers or agricultural land.
Coal Seam Gas company Arrow Energy last week announced the discovery of small traces of carcinogenic chemcials from banned BTEX chemicals (benzene, Toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene) in monitoring bores near Dalby.
It is the latest in a series of contamination incidents in Southern Queensland over the past year that have called the industry's environmental credentials into question.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh told the media that the detection was a positive sign that protection mechanisms were working. Read More
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