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An overview of possible impacts from coal seam gas development in Northern Rivers, New South Wales
by Elfian Schieren, 2012
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Energy and coal seam gas development
2.1 Economic viability underpinning coal seam gas development
2.2 Renewable, sustainable energy development
- Solar
- Wind
- Biogas
2.3 Coal seam gas development at a global scale
2.4 Coal seam gas development in Australia
3 Coal seam gas extraction process
- Drilling and dewatering
- Hydraulic Fracturing
- Produced Water
4 Risks to water resources from coal seam gas development
4.4 Ground water use
4.5 Water produced by coal seam gas
4.6 Contamination of Groundwater
5 Other Consequences of coal seam gas development
5.4 Impacts to agricultural production
5.5 Health impacts on humans and animals
5.6 Impacts on greenhouse gas emissions
5.7 Impacts on seismic activity
5.8 Economic impacts
5.9 Cumulative impacts
6 Potential for coal seam gas development in Northern Rivers, New South Wales
6.1 Northern Rivers Region
6.2 Using trade-offs and opportunity costs in evaluating CSG development
6.3 Prospects for development in Northern Rivers region
6.4 Energy development in Northern Rivers region
6.5 Northern Rivers community actions and groups in response to CSG development
7 Discussion
8 Conclusion
9 References
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Coalition changes environment protection laws
15 Nov 2013 -
ABC - The Federal Government has introduced a bill that
would make it harder to challenge Commonwealth environmental
approvals in court.
In the lead-up to the election, it promised to streamline
the environmental approval process for mines and other
developments, and now it has revealed proposed changes to
the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
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It has proposed that federal environment ministers who fail
to consider bio-conservation advice when they make approvals
will no longer be exposed to legal action.
Ministers will still be required to consider relevant
bio-conservation advice, but if they fail to do so, the
decision will still be valid, and third parties will not be
able to challenge approvals in court on that basis.
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