April 18th, 2012
World Heritage Day is a wake-up call to save the internationally renowned Great Barrier Reef from the devastating impacts of mass dredging, dumping and shipping for fossil fuel exports which the Federal Government’s strategic assessment won’t fix, according to the Australian Greens. “It’s appalling that the greed for fossil fuel exports from…
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April 17th, 2012
Queenslanders in mining towns are increasingly unable to afford housing and other basic necessities while the Labor Government continues to defend its planned tax cuts for big business and mining magnates, according to the Greens. “Instead of addressing these cost of living issues and helping ordinary Queenslanders, the Australian Government is instead planning to hand…
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April 12th, 2012
Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney’s comments on removing Gladstone Harbour from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area show the LNP is prepared to sacrifice the Reef for mining profits, and put the spotlight on whether the federal government will remain complicit. “Mr Seeney’s comments are an admission that mass dredging is an environmental…
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March 20th, 2012
A Government-commissioned study into the climate impacts of coal seam gas remains secret, after the Labor, Liberal and National parties today voted down a Greens motion to make the Wilkenfeld study public. “The coal seam gas industry’s claims to be more climate-friendly than coal are being increasingly challenged by overseas scientific evidence,…
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March 15th, 2012
The first independent scientific investigation of the marine life contamination in Gladstone harbour still hasn’t prompted the Government to suspend the likely cause of the ecological crisis –mass dredging and dumping, according to Australian Greens environment spokesperson Senator Larissa Waters. “This is the very first scientific study not conducted…
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February 16th, 2012
Senior Treasury officials in Senate estimates have exposed as myth the claims about the overwhelming benefits of the mining boom. "With welcome frankness, Treasury officials have said they are 'suspicious' about the standard industry multiplier claim that one job in mining creates three flow-on jobs in other industries," Australian…
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February 14th, 2012
Departmental officials were unable to provide any clarity on how the greenhouse emissions profile of coal seam gas is actually measured in Australia on questioning from the Greens in Senate Estimates. "When the coal seam gas industry's claims to be substantially better for the climate than coal are increasingly being called into question by the evidence, it is remarkable that…
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February 3rd, 2012
Figures obtained through Senate Estimates reveal more than 112 million cubic metres - or 65 Melbourne Cricket Grounds - are proposed to be dredged from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area, with 52 million cubic metres already approved by the Federal Government. A coalition of representatives from the fishing and tourism industries and reef scientists have joined…
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December 12th, 2011
Australian Greens environment spokesperson Larissa Waters has welcomed calls by Carmelite nuns in New South Wales to stop drilling for coal seam gas and back renewable energies instead. "It turns out that there is nowhere in Australia where coal seam gas can't reach you, even if you're living in a secluded monastery," Senator Waters said. "AGL are planning to build… Read More
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December 10th, 2011
A study by the Environmental Protection Agency in the US proving beyond doubt that coal seam gas fracking has contaminated water resources in Wyoming should be a wake up call for Australians, according to the Greens spokesperson for mining Larissa Waters. "Coal seam gas is gambling with our water, our environment and our land, and we all stand… Read More
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