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The Walk For Water

3,000 people with just one clear message

... here in the Illawarra

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Protect Our Land And Water Rally

18 May | It's estimated 8,000 people were present at the rally that marched on NSW Parliament House in Sydney on May 1 to 'Protect our Land and Water' read more
CSG Community Conference

1 Apr | Over 500 people attended the Coal Seam Gas Community Conference on Sunday 25 March 2012, held in Wollongong Town Hall. read more
Government fails people of NSW

16 Mar | Yesterday was a big day for the coal seam gas issue in our state parliament. In both Houses Coalition members showed absolute contempt for the people of NSW. read more
New CSG well drilled west of the Illawarra

23 Feb | We are horrified to hear that Apex/Ormil have started drilling in an area west of the Illawarra: Step 1 of a project risking the drinking water from Warragamba Dam. read more

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CSG mining and our concerns

Coal Seam Gas (CSG) is principally methane found in underground coal seams, where it is trapped by natural water pressure. It is released by reducing the pressure in the seam by drawing out contaminated water – known as produced water. In most cases some form of additional stimulation – such as fracking – is needed to extract gas at a commercially viable rate. Further, all CSG mining requires the transport and processing of gas, and extensive above ground infrastructure. It can also alter underground stress fields, risking subsidence or other seismic events.

There is mounting evidence that CSG mining poses substantial risks. Stop CSG Illawarra formed to express community concern about these risks, including:

Threats to water systems and supplies
Leaking methane;
Health impacts;
Above ground footprint
Related seismic activity; and
Insufficient research and community engagement in CSG determinations.

Concern about these risks is why Stop CSG Illawarra calls for:

A Royal Commission into all aspects of coal seam gas mining;
A moratorium on coal seam gas mining pending the outcome of the Royal Commission; and
A ban on fracking and similar coal bed ‘stimulation’ technologies and techniques.

We think it is particularly astounding that approvals have been granted to mine CSG in the Illawarra, as all local approvals are in an environmentally sensitive, geologically unstable and bush fire prone area in and around two vital drinking water catchments for NSW.

We encourage you to take a deeper look at the risks involved with CSG and the situation in the Illawarra, then judge for yourself.

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What is StopCSG Illawarra?

Stop CSG Illawarra is a local community group campaigning for:

A moratorium on Coal Seam Gas (CSG) mining
A Royal Commission into all aspects of CSG mining
A ban on fracking.

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email:: info@stop-csg-illawarra.org
Mail:: Stop CSG Illawarra, PO Box 5022, Wollongong NSW 2520
Phone:: 02 8003 3170

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