The Greens yesterday tabled a bill in federal parliament which would let the federal government judge the impact of coal seam gas mines on water.
The proposed amendment would allow the federal environment minister to consider the impact on water resources of any mining activity, including coal seam gas mines.
Queensland's first Greens senator Larissa Waters tabled the proposed amendment to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act yesterday afternoon.
Senator Waters' bill comes after 12 months of intense community debate over the impact of some coal seam gas mines on artesian water supplies and possible impacts on crop lands.
"We think groundwater and food security are national issue that deserve national attention," she said.
"And this is a way of making sure that the federal government can consider the biggest impact of coal and coal seam gas mining - behind climate change - which is of course water."
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