THE organisation which represents the coal-seam gas industry and produced the "yes" case distributed to Lismore City voters ahead of Saturday's poll on the industry, has been asked by the nation's top science body to withdraw a television advertisement it says contained a false claim.
The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) launched an advertising campaign on August 27 to sell the benefits of the coal- seam gas industry.
A TV ad, part of that campaign, included the statement: "CSIRO (and government studies) have shown that groundwater is safe with coal-seam gas".
But the CSIRO never made such a statement; it was not supported by CSIRO research and the organisation asked the advertisement be withdrawn.
In response, an APPEA spokesman said the industry-body had "taken CSIRO's comments on board", but stopped short of agreeing to withdraw the ad.
Northern Star
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