The last two years have seen a massive expansion in the coal seam gas industry in eastern Australia with over 18,000 coal seam gas (CSG) production wells approved in Queensland and increasing exploration and production across many parts of New South Wales.
In the Northern Rivers more than 13,500 square kilometres is covered by petroleum leases and there are three companies actively exploring for gas. This frenzied growth in CSG operations across the eastern seaboard has been matched by an increasing awareness of the risks associated with CSG extraction and a burgeoning opposition to the industry. However, many people are unaware of the other forms of unconventional gas currently being targetted for exploration locally and across Australia.
Boudicca Cerese is an environmental scientist and a regional co-ordinator for Lock the Gate Alliance.
Northern Rivers Echo
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