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Tulele Peisa: Climate Refugee Fundraiser
September 15th, 2010
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October 2nd, 2010
The latest 4c Collective ARTParty and fundraiser for Six Degrees

Coal seam gas is no solution to climate change

Coal seam gas emissions roughly equal to coal

The coal seam gas industry is fond of positioning itself as a solution to climate change. They have managed to convince the Queensland Government of this - Queensland has set a target of 18% of domestic energy to be provided by gas by 2020.

But much like the earlier claims of the fossil fuel industry that so-called 'clean coal' would solve the climate crisis, the arguments about the climate change virtues of coal-seam gas do not stand up to scrutiny. In fact, preliminary research suggests that energy from coal seam gas may be slightly more environmentally damaging than burning coal.

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How the Green-Farmer Alliance will move Queensland toward sustainability

Drew Hutton

On Thursday, 2nd September, Six Degrees spokesperson on coal seam gas Drew Hutton addressed the Queensland Rural Press Club in Toowoomba. The Queensland Rural Press Club  invited Drew to address its second annual Heritage Toowoomba AgShow breakfast to discover how the farming community and the green movement have found common ground in an era of unprecedented mining and resource exploration and development across some of Queensland’s most productive land. A transcript of the speech is provided here.

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MP pleads for the UCG experiment to end

Dorothy Pratt Cougar Energy, Carbon Energy, Linc Energy

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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Queensland Mining Minister to face Kingaroy community

John Bradley Director General of DERM

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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Six Degrees joins the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance

community gardens

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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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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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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Moratorium on CSG and fracking in US: Queensland government must follow suit

Public protest demands moratorium

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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Our open letter to Queensland Parliament

Don't Undermine Our Farms

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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Prime agricultural land protest movement strengthening

Roma Community Cabinet Protest

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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