Gas Watch 63

Date: 18-Feb-09
Author: HBGAG
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Sydney Gas (now a part of AGL Energy) keep Broke in the dark!

Sydney Gas says it is about to start using their Broke Village METHANE gas wells to see if the underground water supplying Broke "drains into the coal seams" under Broke.

It is what is missing from their front page story in the Singleton Argus on 17^th February, 2009 which is of most concern, not what is in that story.

Typical Sydney Gas spin.

Cunningly, and living up to its controversial reputation of not fully informing the community, Sydney Gas/AGL Energy:

Has not told us what WILL happen if our town water table does disappear into the coal seams;
Has not told us how they propose to dispose of the toxic water they extract from the coal seam;
Has not told us what they propose to do with the leaking METHANE gas;
Has claimed that this study is in the interests of the village;
Has claimed that it is only a study in relation to core hole impact, when it is nothing of the sort. It is in relation to test drilling and taking water from the coal seams under the village;
Has not informed us of the terms of reference of the appointment of Professor Willgoose;

If Sydney Gas/AGL was taking the "concerns of the community seriously" it, quite simply, wouldn't be drilling immediately next to Broke Village, or any other residential area for that matter.

Come on AGL Energy. Control Sydney Gas. You have the opportunity, now, of working with the community, rather than against it. Please restrict your METHANE gas drilling to broadacre areas and leave towns and villages alone.

And, please agree to a full Environmental Assessment of your activities before it is too late.