Mining Environmental Issues
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Dr Damian Barrett says gas emitting from a water bore on a cattle station is likely to be naturally occurring. Audio
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CSIRO research director for onshore gas Dr Damian Barrett says it is quite common for methane gas to leak from water bores.
Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, water-pollution, water-management, environmental-health, mining-rural, beef-cattle, daly-waters-0852, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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'No link' between fracking and gas-emitting water bore on NT cattle station
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Gas emitting from a water bore on a cattle station is likely to be naturally occurring, according to a CSIRO scientist.
Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, water-pollution, water-management, environmental-health, mining-rural, daly-waters-0852, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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BHP yet to decide future of Liverpool Plains land after licence sold back
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Almost three months after the State Government bought back BHP Billiton's exploration licence covering parts of the Liverpool Plains, the company is yet to make a decision about selling the land it has acquired.
Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, rural, caroona-2343
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ENGIE to fill Hazelwood mine with water image
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Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, water, morwell-3840
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Hazelwood rehabilitation will face significant challenges, expert warns
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A Victorian engineering expert is warning the rehabilitation of a coal mine the size of Hazelwood is unprecedented in Australia.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, water, morwell-3840
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Public consultation into Aboriginal heritage on the proposed Shenhua mine site image
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Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, aboriginal, gunnedah-2380
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Aboriginal elders speak out in support of heritage protection on Shenhua site
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Emotionally-charged speeches are heard as part of an investigation into whether Aboriginal heritage has been overlooked in the conditional approval of the Shenhua mine.
Topics: aboriginal, mining-environmental-issues, gunnedah-2380, breeza-2381
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Luisa Cardillo image
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Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, morwell-3840
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Shutdown Simon Vincent image
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Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, morwell-3840
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Shut down hairdresser image
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Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, morwell-3840
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Wayne Field image
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Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, morwell-3840
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Shut down Maria image
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Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, morwell-3840
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Queensland town divided over New Acland coal mine expansion
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A farmer whose property borders the New Acland coal mine on Queensland’s Darling Downs warns of job losses in the agricultural sector if a mine expansion is blocked.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, coal, agricultural-crops, beef-cattle, land-management, land-pollution, courts-and-trials, acland-4401
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Why fast-tracking the Carmichael coal mine is a bad idea Opinion
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Queensland's planned new coal mine could impact the climate, the Great Barrier Reef, water, and local species. Yet still it has been declared as "critical infrastructure" by the State Government.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, federal---state-issues, qld, mackay-4740, whitsundays-4802, bowen-4805
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Miners and farmers join forces to oppose water bill they say will ruin livelihoods
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Darling Downs coal miners and farmers picket outside Queensland Parliament in Brisbane to protest against a water bill they say will threaten hundreds of jobs.
Topics: state-parliament, coal, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, agribusiness, dairy-production, beef-cattle, brisbane-4000, toowoomba-4350
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New Acland coal mine workers march to protest proposed new water laws image
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Topics: water-supply, agribusiness, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, toowoomba-4350
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Battle brews between Queensland Government and mines over water access
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The Queensland Government edges closer to passing laws that will make it more difficult for mines to extract groundwater.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, water, rural, toowoomba-4350
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Brazil dam collapse: Survivors struggle to rebuild
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A year on from a dam collapse that killed 19 people and was heralded as the worst environmental disaster to hit Brazil, the displaced survivors are still waiting to rebuild their lives.
Topics: environmental-health, mining-environmental-issues, brazil
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Victorian author Homer Rieth has penned a 600-page epic about the Murray Darling Basin. Audio Feature
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After seven years of research and handwritten ponderings, Victorian poet Homer Rieth has published a 600-page epic about the Murray Darling Basin. Read More
Topics: agricultural-policy, environmental-impact, environmental-management, books-literature, environmental-policy, mining-environmental-issues, water-management, water, minyip-3392
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McArthur River Mine to defend secrecy of bond without NT Government
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The Northern Territory Government will not fight an application to reveal the dollar figure of the environmental bond for the McArthur River Mine, as the non-disclosure is appealed.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, mining-environmental-issues, borroloola-0854
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Calls to reduce NSW coal mine extension west of Blue Mountains
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A planning panel hears concerns about a planned mine extension that could hamper efforts to create an international tourist destination north of Lithgow.
Topics: coal, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, lithgow-2790, capertee-2846
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Approvals process begins for WA Ashburton Salt project
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The head of a company hoping to build a salt project near WA's Exmouth Gulf is confident demand is going to outstrip supply in coming years.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, mining-rural, onslow-6710
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Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, onslow-6710
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Dangerous dust levels prompt new housing ban advice (photos)
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Dust levels in Port Hedland are so dangerous the West Australian Government has been advised to ban new housing, aged care facilities and childcare centres in the West End, a leaked report reveals.
Topics: environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, environmental-health, urban-development-and-planning, port-hedland-6721
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Rehabilitating mines could create thousands of 'badly needed' jobs
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Queensland alone has more than 15,000 abandoned mines, including 300 classified as mega, large or medium size and a new report is suggesting several thousand jobs could be created by rehabilitating these sites.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, environment, mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, mining-rural, rural, townsville-4810, qld, australia, cloncurry-4824, mount-isa-4825
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