The only way a gravel truck can get in the Metgasco drill site is with a police escort. Please share this picture. — at Doubtful Creek, Kyogle Action.
"This is an overt display of force by the NSW Government with the police acting as private security forces for Metgasco in direct opposition to the wishes of the local community who have voted overwhelmingly against coal seam gas mining in the region" he said.
Red Handed states: Unfortunately, these types of scenes are very familiar to the Broome community. For the last 2 years the Broome Community has been victim to this type of enforcement and punished because we dare to demand a voice in our future. We dare stand up and say we are never going to give up Country, Community or Culture for the greed of a few.
Apparently, these people dressed in blue should be there protecting people and their wellbeing not the interests of faceless gutless corporations. I have a dream that one day maybe, just one of these people in blue has the moral fortitude and ethical fiber to stand aside and say "I ami standing up for what is right and just'. " I am standing up for people, community because that is why I join the force to serve and protect people and communities from harm'. "I am standing up because it is the right thing to do, not because its an order". "I am standing up because in all realty that is my real job!"
But more importantly we need to stay focused on the fact the the police are just the enforcers, we need to target the corporate instigators and their government lackeys. We need to target the shareholders who are making a profit at the expense of other people's liveihoods, health and freedoms.
We are witnessing across Australia, the fracturing of rural and remote communities that goes hand in glove with these earth raping activities. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, WE DO NOT WANT TO BE GASED!
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And the community of Beagle Bay is bracing themselves for the invasion of trucks and drills that intend to frac all their country.All the billabongs,springs and creeks,all waiting to be drained,fracked and poisoned.Replaced by open ponds of toxic filth.
ReplyDeleteSo who will stand with these people to stop this?
Once again the riot squad and company police will be out in force to make sure the people who live on this country have no say whatsoever in what happens to it.
Same thing all over again.
Windsor gets tough on CSG
ReplyDeleteThe Gillard government appears set to impose stricter environmental assessments on coal seam gas projects in NSW, accusing the state of refusing adequate approval processes.
The independent Tony Windsor is also using the power of his crucial crossbench vote to demand the Gillard government intervene to impose stricter standards.
In comments that will alarm the mining industry, the Environment Minister, Tony Burke, said he shared Mr Windsor's frustration with the NSW government.
''I cannot fathom why NSW, unlike the other states, thinks they should not be using the best qualified science and the best processes, especially when people are asking whether this industry is going to cause subsidence on their land,'' he said.
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Approval for coal seam gas mining is likely to become an election issue, with planned projects and new coalmines causing growing concern in western Sydney, the Hunter, northern NSW and Mr Windsor's seat of New England. He is demanding the federal government legislate to include water quality as a ''trigger'' for its environmental laws - giving it the power to intervene in what would otherwise be state assessments.
Mr Burke said he was considering what he could do under federal constitutional powers.
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A turning point for deforestation
A contract signed in Jakarta on Tuesday by the owners of Asia Pulp and Paper, which is based in Indonesia, has received the qualified endorsement of its tormentor, Greenpeace after it agreed to log solely plantation timber.
The man who brokered the deal, Australian Scott Poynton, from the Forest Trust, said this ‘‘could be a real turning point in the fight against deforestation’’.
‘‘APP has got such a complex political, environmental and economic context, if they can do it, there’s no excuse for any other company to have deforestation in their supply chain,’’ he said.
A contract signed in Jakarta on Tuesday by the owners of Asia Pulp and Paper, which is based in Indonesia, has received the qualified endorsement of its tormentor, Greenpeace after it agreed to log solely plantation timber.
The man who brokered the deal, Australian Scott Poynton, from the Forest Trust, said this ‘‘could be a real turning point in the fight against deforestation’’.
‘‘APP has got such a complex political, environmental and economic context, if they can do it, there’s no excuse for any other company to have deforestation in their supply chain,’’ he said.
The deal represents a significant victory for Greenpeace, which had pounded the company with a decade-long public campaign that cost APP more than 130 customers, most recently Disney and the toymakers Mattel and Hasbro.
But it is understood the company’s real fear was that the paper mills in Japan were beginning to ask questions.
The head of Greenpeace’s forest campaign in Indonesia, Bustar Maitar, agreed the green group was ‘‘risking our credibility’’ by endorsing the deal, but would ‘‘watch and monitor closely’’ what happened on the ground.
APP has a trail of broken environmental commitments, including with the wildlife preservation group WWF.
''I cannot fathom why NSW, unlike the other states, thinks they should not be using the best qualified science and the best processes, especially when people are asking whether this industry is going to cause subsidence on their land,'' he said.
ReplyDelete"Unlike the other states" ... What does he think is happening in WA? As far as I understand CSG companies do not even need approval from the EPA before starting drilling. Please correct or clarify if I am wrong.