ENVIRONMENTALISTS are claiming a minor victory after an exploration company scrapped plans to look for coal and methane gas in south-west Victoria.
Greens party Warrnambool regional co-ordinator Lisa Owen and Friends of the Earth spokesman Cam Walker described the decision as commonsense after Mecrus Resources announced it would write to the Department of Primary Industries to specifically exclude the controversial components from six exploration licence applications.
Mecrus managing director Barry Richards said the company had simply “ticked all the boxes” in its initial applications. In order to make our intentions clear we have specifically excluded coal and coal-bed methane,” he said. Read More
The Warnambool Standard
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