CONCERN: Merriwa Healthy Environment Group president Graham Brown and secretary Ted Finnie with guest speakers Charmaine Cook and Tony Pickard after the coal seam gas meeting in Merriwa on Wednesday night.
A public meeting in Merriwa last week attracted 90 residents who unanimously voiced opposition to the spread of coal seam gas extraction and the encroachment of a gas pipeline, according to organisers from the Merriwa Healthy Environment Group.
Guest speakers told of their personal experiences of dealing with gas companies.
Sheep farmer Tony Pickard, whose property fronts onto the Pilliga State Forest, told of his five-year battle with a gas company operating an expanding gas field inside the forest.
Charmaine Cook, who operates a cropping and cattle property at Coolah with her husband Peter, displayed images of massive erosion on their land which she said was caused by the installation of an underground gas pipeline.
Both speakers recommended landowners interact with gas personnel with caution and check websites such as Lock The Gate, and talk with neighbours, their own solicitor and the Environmental Defender’s Office. Read More
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