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Greens MLC Jeremy Buckingham Attends Tara Coal Seam Gas Blockade

Jeremy Buckingham outside a coal seam gas pumping station

Last Weekend Greens MLC Jeremy Buckingham travelled to the Western Darling Downs, Queensland, to take part in the 'Lock the Gate' blockade of the coal seam gas industry. Local land holders and farmers are locking the gate to stop QGC (owned by British Gas) from coming on to their land, sinking gas wells, bulldozing corridors through native vegetation for pipelines and access roads.

Jeremy said"
It was great to meet with land owners, farmers, graziers, environmentalists and experts from all over Queensland and NSW. Veteran environmentalist Drew Hutton and myself inspected the infrastructure being built in the Western Downs area and the destruction of bushland. Excellent contacts were made with key people in the coal seam gas campaign. "