Angry ... more than 100 protesters blocked the gates to Glasserton / Pic: Peter Lorimer Source: The Daily Telegraph
MILITANT farmers across two states have launched a war against mining giants who want to mine their prime agricultural land for coal seam gas.
Thousands of farmers from areas stretching from southeast Queensland to the Illawarra have joined a "lock the gate alliance" movement - locking their gates to stop CSG companies entering properties to explore.
They turned up the heat yesterday as more than 100 angry farmers were involved in a blockade outside a property 60km northwest of Gunnedah in protest at the Liverpool Plains being turned into a gas field.
Mining company Santos has begun fencing and civil works to build a well pad at the Glasserton site near Spring Ridge, with plans to start pilot tests to assess and measure the flow of gas in the coming weeks.
The Daily Telegraph
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