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Premium Content The war against proposed coal mining in the Bundaberg region has ramped up. The Lock the Gate Alliance has stationed baseline air monitoring devices at key locations in the region, with plans for more on the horizon. The proposed mines would be constructed in Avondale and Winfield if the company is successful. Following numerous community meetings and a petition, Lock the Gate has taken the unprecedented step of installing air quality monitors - a first for any Queensland community group. Long-time Avondale resident Penny Taylor, who has called the area home for 31 years, said the monitors were to show that the Bundaberg Protectors Group was not afraid of a fight.
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Subscriber only GLADSTONE Environmentalists have raised concerns proposed changes to the Santos Environmental Authority would be near impossible to hold to account.
Santos GLNG has applied to amend a condition which authorises five minutes of black smoke during any two-hour period for certain flaring events to allow for an additional 30 to 90 minutes of visible smoke to be produced during daylight hours per event, up to seven hours a year and 14 events per year. Gladstone Conservation Council co-ordinator Anna Hitchcock claimed under the proposed change the only way to monitor Santos would be through expensive static film equipment. It s just not going to be possible for the community to work out whether they re complying, Ms Hitchcock claimed.
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Subscriber only GLADSTONE Environmentalists have raised concerns proposed changes to the Santos Environmental Authority would be near impossible to hold to account.
Santos GLNG has applied to amend a condition which authorises five minutes of black smoke during any two-hour period for certain flaring events to allow for an additional 30 to 90 minutes of visible smoke to be produced during daylight hours per event, up to seven hours a year and 14 events per year. Gladstone Conservation Council co-ordinator Anna Hitchcock claimed under the proposed change the only way to monitor Santos would be through expensive static film equipment. It s just not going to be possible for the community to work out whether they re complying, Ms Hitchcock claimed.