The Wilderness Society Newcastle is welcoming environmental recommendations in the Chief Scientist report to the Premier, on coal seam gas mining.
Prue Bodsworth from The Wilderness Society Newcastle said the Independent Review of Coal Seam Gas Activities “confirms community group’s concerns around the many water and health impacts associated with coal seam gas drilling”.
“It is concerning though that despite widespread public opposition and 95 per cent of the 230 submissions to the review regarding the negative impacts of coal seam gas, the report is still very much aiming to facilitate the expansion of the coal seam gas industry in New South Wales”.
