June 2010
30th of Jun, 2010
Fact-finding trip to Darling Downs unites farmers and environmentalists
On Saturday 26th June, Six Degrees and the Basin Sustainability Alliance co-ordinated a fact-finding mission to the Darling Downs, where 48 environmentalists, social justice advocates and community organisers from the city visited the communities of the Darling Downs threatened by coal and coal seam gas.
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21st of Jun, 2010
Will Coal Seam Gas Extraction Ruin the Great Artesian Basin?
Earlier this week, the Basin Sustainability Alliance hosted a seminar featuring groundwater engineer and researcher Colin Hazel speaking about what he sees as the possible impacts of gas extraction on the Great Artesian Basin.
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13th of Jun, 2010
Clean energy alternatives to coal
In many parts of Queensland currently under threat from coal mining and gas extraction, the community is not waiting for government action on climate change. Instead, they are working to develop alternative pathways for future energy and food security that are not dependent upon coal. One inspiring example is evident in the Felton Valley, where the community has developed a renewable energy plan for an area which is under threat from a proposed open cut coal mine.
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10th of Jun, 2010
What you need to know about the coal industry
Mining coal has long been perceived as the ‘engine room’ of Queensland’s economy and the exploitation of our great mineral wealth is supported by Governments of all persuasions. For politicians, the possibility of transitioning Queensland to be less dependent on coal is considered a fanciful idea at best. Despite international commitments to limit greenhouse gas emissions as well as a clear need to protect biodiversity and food security, the Queensland coal industry is undergoing unprecedented expansion.
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3rd of Jun, 2010
Xstrata Coal Project - Bad Planning To Blame Not Tax
Community group, Friends of the Earth Brisbane, has welcomed news today that mining giant, Xstrata, will suspend operations in Wandoan, but blames the company's poor planning for the failure of the project and not the Resource Super Profits Tax.
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