Dormant gas exploration licences emerge as next frontier in New South Wales gas battle
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A dormant gas license covers this cattle farm in Bunnan.
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About a decade ago, a coal seam gas company went door knocking in the New South Wales Upper Hunter.
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The approval of the Narrabri Gas project has energised gas companies
Twelve dormant gas licenses cover 55,000 square kilometres in north-west NSW, and have renewal applications pending
The state government s Future of Gas statement is expected in the coming months
What happened next would drive a wedge through Anne Bishop s family.
Brown is a Sydney-based Gomeroi activist, from Gamilaraay Next Generation - a grassroots collective of Gomeroi/Gamilaraay youth.
It was formed to fight the first stage of Santos’ disastrous Narrabri Gas Project. It is calling for a halt to the destruction of Gomeroi country and a just transition to publicly-owned renewable energy.
Sarah Ellyard, a nurse and member of the 70,00-strong NSW Nurses and Midwives Association Climate Change Action Reference Group, told the protest that her organisation was opposed to coal seam gas because of the damage it causes to First Nations’ peoples rights and public health.
The protest opposed the federal government’s gas-fired recovery plans, an immediate and just transition away from all fossil fuel projects and for 100% renewable energy.
Farmers launch climate change court challenge against Narrabri coal seam gas project
By national science, technology and environment reporter Michael Slezak
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The Narrabri coal seam gas project received thousands of submissions in opposition to it, during the approval process.
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A controversial coal seam gas project in regional New South Wales is facing a new legal challenge, after farmers filed papers alleging the State Government s approval did not properly consider the impacts the project would have on climate change.
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A legal challenge will argue the commission failed to properly assess the project s emissions
Big oil and coal exporters face reckoning as Paris Agreement turns five
On Dec 12, more than 70 global leaders came together at the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit, marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison was denied a speaking slot, in recognition of Australia’s failure to set meaningful climate commitments.
Meanwhile, the European Union and the UK committed to reduce domestic emissions by 55 per cent and 68 per cent respectively by 2030.
As welcome as these new commitments are, the Paris Agreement desperately needs to be updated. Since it was passed, the production and supply of fossil fuels for export has continued unabated.
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Commentary: Big oil and coal exporters face reckoning as Paris Agreement turns five Countries such as Australia, the US and Saudi Arabia currently take no responsibility for the emissions created when their fossil fuel exports are burned overseas, says an observer.
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SYDNEY: On Dec 12, more than 70 global leaders came together at the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit, marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement.