That the Coal Seam Gas industry has been compelled to launch an all-out advertising offensive is the strongest sign yet it feels it is losing the battle for the hearts and minds of the public.
The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association says its “We Want CSG” advertising blitz is needed to restore balance to the debate, which it believes has become dominated by “alarmist and unsubstantiated” claims about potential negative impacts.
For someone who has been watching the industry’s development in Southern Queensland over the past five or so years, this seems extraordinary.
Extraordinary because most landholders and environmentalists would argue that their own campaign to protect inland water and farmland from negative impacts was fuelled by the same motivations that now drive the CSG industry’s campaign.
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