PROVING the agricultural and mining industries can work harmoniously together, a grazing trial conducted on unmined land has shown encouraging results. Stage two of the scientific trials, aimed at...
Category - Water & Environment
In an effort to improve community understanding, groundwater flows between the Condamine Alluvium and the underlying Walloon Coal Measures in the Surat Basin are part of a major research trial...
The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) has made special mention of the Callide A power station as an example of an old dirty polluter, despite the fact it was converted into a world-leading low...
Green groups have today been accused of behaving irrationally and not having the Great Barrier Reef’s best interests at heart by the state’s peak mining body. The comments come as several...
The old Mount Morgan mine site in Central Queensland has been prepared for heavy rain and violent winds expected when Cyclone Marcia reaches the Capricorn Coast some time early tomorrow morning...
A bold new plan to supply water to a number of proposed coal mines in the Galilee Basin from two North Queensland rivers has been submitted to the federal government for approval. If approved, the...
The public has been invited to have a further say on the government’s planned dredging strategy for the expansion of the port of Abbot Point near Bowen. Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney said the...
Traditional owners of Queensland’s Channel Country have asked the United Nations to intervene in a battle to prevent coal seam gas extraction in the Lake Eyre Basin. According to the ABC, the...
The Mines Minister is playing down reports that a ‘blow out’ at a water bore near Chinchilla is related to the increased coal seam gas (CSG) extraction activity in the area. Last...
The Queensland Labor Party has agreed to support the Newman Government’s proposal to dump dredge material from the proposed expansion of the Port of Abbot Point on land rather than disposing of...
An expert from the University of Queensland has thrown cold water on a new U.S. report that found elevated air pollutants around unconventional oil and gas operations, saying CSG operations and...
