NWPA Bibliography to Date 02/02/21

Previous News, Comment & Blog posts for easy reference Title Date Posted Link     A gas-led apocalypse – a photo essay from the coal seam gas fields of south west Queensland 12/12/20 https://nwprotectionadvocacy.com/a-gas-led-apocalypse-is-underway-in-a-shadow-place-a-photo-essay/   Banned evaporation ponds are the cheapest option of dealing with coal seam gas waste   18/11/20 https://nwprotectionadvocacy.com/santos-leewood-wastewater-treatment-facility-evaporation-ponds/   High Point … Read more

A gas-led apocalypse – A photo essay

We must question the human rights abuses that are happening on the Western Darling Downs in south-west Queensland. Is this the kind of future in store for north-west NSW? Shadow places are everywhere but rarely made visible. NWPA present a photo essay of a place that has surely been consumed by shadow. A monster well head … Read more

Banned evaporation ponds are the cheapest option of dealing with coal seam gas waste

The cheapest option for gas companies to get rid of their waste is to allow evaporation via their holding ponds or accumulation dams. The Santos ponds at Leewood Water Treatment Facility (pictured) recently received the residual waste from the ponds which were upgraded at Tintsfield (near the Wilga Park Power Station) and continue to receive … Read more

Santos (ASX: STO) scales back financial commitment to Narrabri, faced with Port Kembla Import Terminal competition

Santos’ grandiose promise of investing $3.6 billion on the Narrabri Gas Project is shrinking, despite the 850+ well gas field gaining planning approval from the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC). Australian Financial Review’s Angela Macdonald-Smith has reported on Citi’s 12th Annual Australia and New Zealand Investment Conference 2020, where Santos Managing Director Kevin Gallagher “scoffed” … Read more

NSW Gas Plan – State of Threat

This is what NSW could look like if the Gladys Berejiklian government gets their Gas Plan up and running. Tempted by the 70 billion dollar carrot that Prime Minister Scott Morrison used to bribe the NSW government and the Independent Planning Commission the LNP/National Party government is doubling down on community that remains vehemently opposed … Read more

Donate today to activate the frontline in support of communities facing the threat of gas mining in north-west NSW

Community are welcoming the end of a long and tiring assessment process which has seen lives placed on hold for many years. The Narrabri Gas Project Independent Planning Commission decision has announced that the 850+ well coal seam gasfield in Narrabri will proceed. Today’s decision is not a reflection of the community’s expectations around controversial … Read more

Hunter Gas Pipeline Revealed – A Three Part History

While we await the decision of the NSW Independent Planning Commission on whether or not to approve Santos’ Narrabri Gas Project, the Hunter Gas Pipeline is trying to ram a path through the Liverpool Plains to Queensland under the pretext of COVID-19 economic recovery. With promises of taxpayer funding to develop the unpopular gas pipeline, … Read more