August 2010
25th of Aug, 2010
MP pleads for the UCG experiment to end
In the Parliament last week, Independent member for Nanango Dorothy Pratt spoke passionately about the impact that the Queensland Government's experiments with underground coal gasification and coal seam gas is having on her constituents. We were so moved by this speech, we thought we'd share it with you.
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23rd of Aug, 2010
Queensland Mining Minister to face Kingaroy community
Minister Stephen Robinson and Department of Environment and Resource Management Director-General John Bradley will finally face the community of Kingaroy on Wednesday August 25th, to address a public meeting of locals citizens concerned about Cougars Energy’s Underground Coal Gasification project. He will be accompanied by three members of an industry expert panel appointed to assess the impact of the project, and in particular the contamination event that became public in mid-July.
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20th of Aug, 2010
Six Degrees joins the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance
Six Degrees has recently joined the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance: a national collaboration of organisations and individuals working together towards a food system in which people have the opportunity to choose, create and manage their food supply from paddock to plate.
The purpose of the Alliance is to cooperate to create an equitable, sustainable and resilient food system for all Australians - a cause to which we are deeply committed.
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9th of Aug, 2010
Wandoan set to be swallowed up by coal mine
The small town of Wandoan is set to become the second Queensland town to be swallowed up or, at best, made unlivable by an open cut coal mine.
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8th of Aug, 2010
Why is this campaign called Six Degrees?
We often get asked why we called this campaign Six Degrees. And while we've had an explanation on our website for a while, many people in urban Queensland are not aware of the full extent of the number of groups that make up the movement fighting fossil fuel expansion in all its horrific forms.
New action groups across Queensland are forming literally everyday. Here's a taste.
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6th of Aug, 2010
Moratorium on CSG and fracking in US: Queensland government must follow suit
A critically important precedent has been set in the US state of New York, with an overwhelming majority of Senators calling for a moratorium on coal seam gas extraction until the environmental impacts can be determined.
The onus is now on the Queensland Government to heed this emerging global consensus.
The Bligh Government must impose an identical moratorium on the controversial process of fracking in the extraction of coal seam gas in Queensland. The process used and the risks of this technology in Queensland and the US are identical. As we have consistently maintained, there is no justification for rushing ahead with gas extraction in Queensland before the science is known and the impacts understood.
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5th of Aug, 2010
Our open letter to Queensland Parliament
Yesterday's People's Assembly at Queensland's Parliament House brought together hundreds of farming families and environmentalists to Queensland Parliament - united in their opposition to coal and gas mining on prime agricultural lands.
The peaceful protest combined the strength and the passion of the farming and environmental movements of Queensland to put pressure on the State Government to protect farming land and nature refuges from the encroachment of all forms of coal mining and the potential poisoning of waterways.
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3rd of Aug, 2010
Prime agricultural land protest movement strengthening
THE Queensland Government is facing an increasingly united front against the incursion of mining onto prime agricultural land.
As Premier Anna Bligh prepares for a series of government and industry-directed community forums through regions affected by coal seam gas, the grassroots protest movement continues to strengthen.
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1st of Aug, 2010
Leaking gas wells in Tara: the real story
ABC Radio presenter Steve Austin interviewed Scott Collins on the 30th July, 2010. Mr Collins is a property owner at Tara and the resident who purchased his own gas testing equipment to check for gas well head leaks. It was his complaint that lead to the state government inspection of well heads around Tara.
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