Links

Links about Coal Seam Methane Gas Extraction, media articles etc.

Citizens Concerned About Coal Bed Methane: Bulkley Valley, British Columbia
Citizens Concerned About Coalbed Methane: Protecting the Kootenays from Bad Gas
Citizens resource for coalbed methane activity in British Columbia
Coalbed Methane (Wikipedia): Coalbed methane is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds. Australia has rich deposits where it is known as coal seam methane.
Coalbed Methane in British Columbia: A factsheet from The Pembina Institute (229 kb PDF document)
Concerns About British Columbia's Approach to Coalbed Methane Development: Pembina Institute: After the Gold Rush
Pembina CBM report: A report on Coal Bed Methane in Canada (2.81 MB PDF document)

Lee Rhiannon's Website: The NSW Greens website with a wealth of information
PETROLEUM (ONSHORE) ACT 1991: The act governing Coal Seam Methane exploration in NSW

Australia strikes it rich as oil majors scent big potential of coal-seam gas: Paul Larter, The Times, May 31, 2008
Blots on the landscape: Communities alarmed over coalbed methane drilling.
Pete Bowler The Guardian, Wednesday April 9, 2003
Our North West Shelf: SOARING energy prices and greenhouse gas worries could turn the Hunter Region's coal seam methane reserves into an industry the size of Western Australia's famed North West Shelf.
Risk management applies to emissions too: Malcolm Maiden, The Age, July 19, 2008
SGL: SGL news from plugger.com.au
Shell seeks more input into Canberra's emissions trading scheme: Jamie Freed, The Age, 19 July 2008
Sydney Gas: Sydney Gas news from plugger.com.au
Wollombi coal seam methane gas exploration: Media release on NSW Greens website

Regional Water Resource Assessment - GMU - Wollombi Brook Alluvium: This page provides high level performance indicators of water management for the Wollombi Brook Alluvium groundwater management unit (GMU) based on information provided by the government of NSW.
Report Card for Upper Wollombi Brook Water Source (100kb PDF): Draft Water Sharing Plan for Hunter Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources from NSW Department of Natural Resources

Barrington-Gloucester-Stroud Preservation Alliance: We are fighting to preserve our beautiful district - lush farmland, a popular tourist destination, and a world heritage wilderness - from the ravages of mining for gas, coal and rubies.
Bickham Coal-Mine Action Group: Many residents in our area believe - to extract coal at the very head of the Hunter Valley Catchment - is a bad idea.
Caroona Coal Action Group: Caroona Coal Action Group (CCAG) represents a country community concerned that subsidence longwall mining will damage the underground aquifers, the life blood of the food and fibre production, on the world class Liverpool Plains, NSW.
Gloucester Residents in Partnership: GRIP is a group of ordinary residents of the Gloucester Shire. GRIP has no political affiliations or agenda. Some members are directly affected by GRL's coal exploration. Others are not but share concern for the welfare of friends and the defence of Gloucester and its environment.
Hunter-Bulga Gas Action Group: The HBGAG Association members represent the overwhelming majority of the local community supporting the preservation of the area.
Rivers SOS: Rivers SOS is an alliance of some forty environmental and community groups concerned with the wrecking of rivers in New South Wales by mining operations.
Save The Drip and Goulburn River: Help us stop the Coal industry from destroying our groundwater and rivers... Why? Mining threatens many catchments.

Wollombi Valley Against Gas Extraction