"The federal government appears to prefer to leave coal seam gas regulation up to the states. But that's simply not good enough" ... Greens senator Larissa Waters. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
THE Greens will launch a push next week for the federal government to override the states when the mining of resources such as coal seam gas threatens water resources, the party arguing the states are ''clearly failing'' to regulate the industry.
The move, aimed at coal seam gas projects amid a growing backlash from farmers in NSW and Queensland, aligns the Greens with a key independent, Tony Windsor, who has already moved his own bill to introduce federal powers.
The federal Resources and Energy Minister, Martin Ferguson, has branded as ''unacceptable'' protests by farmers and activists against the resources company Santos and coal seam gas drilling on the Liverpool Plains, south of Gunnedah.
Sydney Morning Herald
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