Narrabri Gas

Please help to save Australia from Coal Seam Gas exploration by adding your name in support! 👍🏻
ESPECIALLY over something as precious The Pilliga and our life sustaining Great Artesian Basin. 💧💦💧
Why destroy quality, native hinterland around the wells, above ground, to start with, whilst also running with a massive risk, that has the Great Basin, heading toward total water poisoning? For short term profit, by MalContent's mega rich buddies/ donors.
This mob don't care about the amount of damage they are causing! AND it is non reversal fror upwards of 10,000 years, with CSG.
Our indigenous community kept this beautiful country pure and clean and respected the gifts given. If only our government felt
Good old humans, we sure know how to mess stuff up!
These wells are SO poisonous and the science says that damage is not reversible, for thousands of years, that it's just not worth rolling the dice 🎲 the evidence is well and truly in against continuing this poisonous extraction method.
Your Grandkids will be grateful in another 100 years, having a stable and secure environment that has'nt been laid to waste 🔆🇦🇺🌳🌳🌳🌳 ...both above and below ground.💦💧💦

Government, Private Enterprises
You cannot do this to our unique environment. We as Australians did not vote for this nor do we want it!
It is only to for you to fill yours' and other multi nationals pockets, while leaving our environment decimated.
You obviously have done your research and realize how this will impact our flora and fauna as well as water but you just don't care.
Do you really have any brains??? If you did you would find other alternatives to fill your wallets 🤡
Fuck off and leave "OUR BEAUTIFUL AUSTRALIA ALONE!!!

1. The Narrabri Gas Project risks precious water sources, including the Great Australian Basin--Australia's largest groundwater aquifer
The Narrabri gasfield poses a real risk to our two most precious water resources: the Great Artesian Basin and the Murray-Darling Basin. The area of the Great Artesian Basin with the highest recharge rates is almost entirely contained within the Pilliga East forest. In a worst-case scenario, the water removed for CSG extraction could reduce water pressure in the recharge areas--potentially stopping the free flow of waters to the surface at springs and bores across the whole Great Artesian Basin.¹

Creeks in the Pilliga run into the Namoi River--a part of the Murray Darling Basin. This system is vulnerable to contamination from drilling fluid spills and the salty treated water produced from the proposed 850 wells.

2. The Gamilaraay Traditional Custodians are opposed
There are hundreds of cultural sites as well as songlines and stories connecting the Gamilaraay to the forest and to the groundwater beneath. Gamilaraay people are deeply involved in the battle against CSG, and have told Santos they do not want their country sacrificed for a coal seam gas field.

3. Farmers and other local community reject the project
Extensive community surveys have shown an average of 96% opposition to CSG. This stretches across a massive 3.2 million hectares of country surrounding the Pilliga forest, including 99 communities. Hundreds of farmers have participated in protest actions unlike any previously seen in the region.

4. The Narrabri Gas Project has a long history of spills and leaks of toxic CSG water--Santos cannot be trusted to manage the project safely
Santos has already contaminated a freshwater aquifer in the Pilliga with uranium at levels 20 times higher than safe drinking water guidelines, as well as lead, aluminium, arsenic and barium². In addition, there have been over 20 reported spills and leaks of toxic CSG water from storage ponds, pipes and well heads. Santos cannot be trusted.

5. The Pilliga is a haven for threatened wildlife
The Pilliga is one of 15 nationally listed `biodiversity hotspots' and is vital to the survival of threatened species like the Koala, Spotted-tailed Quoll, Black-striped Wallaby, Eastern Pygmy-possum, Pilliga Mouse and South-eastern Long-eared Bat. The forest is home to over 200 bird species and is internationally recognised as an Important Bird Area². The Santos gasfield would fragment 95,000 hectares of the Pilliga with well pads, roads, and water and gas pipelines--damaging vital habitat and threatening the survival of endangered species.

6. Coal seam gas fuels dangerous climate change
Methane is by far the major component of natural gas, and is a greenhouse gas 72 times more powerful than CO². CSG fields contribute to climate change through the leakage of methane during the production, transport, processing and use of coal seam gas.

7. Human health is compromised by coal seam gas
A range of hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds can be released into the air from coal seam gas operations, including flaring of gas wells. The effects of volatile organic compounds vary, but can cause eye, nose and airway irritation, headache, nausea, dizziness and loss of coordination⁴. These impacts have been documented in human populations nearby to existing gasfields in Queensland, Sydney and in America.

8. The nation's premier optical astronomical observatory is at risk
The Siding Springs Observatory, situated in the Warrumbungles and adjacent to the Pilliga, is under threat from the Narrabri Gas Project due to light and dust pollution⁵. The area has been internationally recognised as a `dark sky park'⁶ and the 50m high gas flares proposed by Santos threaten the viability of the facility.

9. Thousands of tonnes of salt waste will result from the project
Santos has no solution for disposing of the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of salt that will be produced. Between 17,000 and 42,000 tonnes of salt waste would be produced each year. This industry would leave a toxic legacy in NSW.

10. Risk of fires would increase throughout the Pilliga's tinder-box conditions
Methane flare stacks up to 50m high would be running day and night, even on total fire ban days. The Pilliga is prone to severe bushfires. The project would increase ignition sources as well as extracting, transporting and storing a highly flammable gas right within this extremely fire-prone forest.
- See more at: https://www.wilderness.org.au/final-push-pilliga#sthash.h4UvceMi.dpuf

This project will have a number of devastating effects including on wildlife, groundwater, the local community and ecosystem. I would like you not to provide approval for it to go ahead.

The Pilliga is one of 15 nationally listed `biodiversity hotspots' and is vital to the survival of threatened species like the Koala, Spotted-tailed Quoll, Black-striped Wallaby, Eastern Pygmy-possum, Pilliga Mouse and South-eastern Long-eared Bat. The forest is home to over 200 bird species and is internationally recognised as an Important Bird Area. The Santos gasfield would fragment 95,000 hectares of the Pilliga with well pads, roads, and water and gas pipelines--damaging vital habitat and threatening the survival of endangered species.

I am appalled that an extension to Santos' CSG mining is being considered in the Pilliga. There are a multitude of arguments against but the one thing that stands out is that the Narrabri gasfield threatens these massive and precious water resources, the Great Artesian Basin and the Murray-Darling Basin.
That the government would even consider allowing a project that could potentially contaminate these water resources is beyond belief. Santos does not have a good environmental track record already, do not allow them anywhere near our artesian water.

Our land and water are precious resources that, once ruined, can no longer sustain us, bot as a species and as cohabitants on this earth. CSG: leave it where it is and begin investing in renewable energy NOW!

There have been numerous risks and problems identified with invasive CSG gasfields. These include encroachment on good farming land, disruption of other land uses and industries, clearing of bushland, air pollution, contamination or depletion of ground or surface water, pollution of waterways, health impacts on workers and nearby residents, and damage to biodiversity.

No amount of mitigation measures will be able to make up for the devastation caused by this mining practice.
Santos will make an obscene amount of money, which won't even be taxed fairly and the Government if approving this atrocious proposal will be responsible for the destruction of the Pilliga and its habitat as well and loss of livelihood to farmers.

Sincerely

Lisa Adorna

Absolutely against this proposal.
If Santos had any sense they would protect this environment rather than tamper with it.

My staff and I of Grab Rock which operate in the mountains ourselves taking tourist abseiling and informing them of aboriginal culture and history are fully backing the end of CSG in the Pilliga

Of major concern is the water in the are. Piliga has an incredibly deep artesian water storage which would make it very vulnerable to any drilling and with water necessary for their holding ponds. It is an unknown how much would be used. Water is a VITAL source for this area. It would decimate the landscape with the clearing of trees and the drilling and polute the air around. Santos say they will start with 18 and maybe grow to who knows how many maybe 500?? I believe a survey has been done of a wide area here and that 93% people surveyed do Not want this.
The environment that so animals have called home cannot be destroyed. The areas where CSG have already occurred, have left total devastation!
Thank you for reading my submission
Beryl Swan

To whom it may concern,
The fracking of gas is proven hazardous and irreversible destructive to local ecologies. This is widespread common scientific knowledge, and not appropriate for NSW industry. This project demonstrates either the stupidity or corruptness of state and local Government, as the overwhelming research supports that fracking is not an energy solution. It's an environmental disaster that comes at greater cost to the taxpayer in years to come than the immediate return merits.

wow just wow.greed.

I am strongly opposed to coal seam gas mining.
Especially in the Pilliga region
To obtain it requires so much destruction of the environment and many other downsides that completely diminish any benefits from the gas as a resource (other than to make money for a few and that is mainly the mining company)
Any tax revenue will eventually go to fixing the harm the mining and operation will create. So nil gain for the Australian people.
In fact it will cost us to remediate the problems it creates, both environmentally, financially and socially.
I believe the public should be asked if we want this sort of activity. And my answer is a very strong NO.
Thank You for your consideration

I wish to object to this proposal, it is ridiculous that the people of NSW have to go to such lengths to stop something that is clearly unethical,unsafe and harmful for the community and country.

A "no brainer" in my honest opinion.

Thank you

The earth is finite. Once an environment is damaged it is gone forever. Renewables must be the way of the future.

Coal seam gas mining threatens water quality, soil quality and destroys habitat essential for the survival of the Pilliga areas native species. The environmental cost of this form of mining is far greater than any economic gain that can be made. This country has a woeful record of successful remediation of mining sites once the mine has closed and the legislation does not adequately safeguard against this happening in the future

Dont let Santos and companies like them destroy our land, our native animals and birds will end up being killed if this is allowed to continue, I want some good left for my grand children and their children to have in the future, Santos will destroy it all, nothing will grow back on destroyed land..This country is all we have, why let big companies come here and ruin it.

Stop putting money before the environment

It is our duty to protect our natural resources and our water supply. I strongly object to CSG drilling in the Piliga. We need to focus on creating renewabke energy instead of plundering and permanently damaging our precious and fragile Australian eco systems.

Its absolutley horrible how the goverment can exploit this land for there own selfish greed and not think of the dire conseqence it will have for the future generations

I object to this Project. It risks precious ground water.
The Gamilaaray Traditional Custodians object to this project, you should respect their wishes to protect this land.
The Narrabri Gas Project has a poor history when it comes to environmental issues, including spills.
The local community, including the farmers, oppose this project and you should respect their wishes to protect their land.
Coal seam gas projects are proven to contribute to climate change and we need to do all we can to prevent climate change and to limit the rising temperatures.
Coal seam gas projects have detrimental effects on people's health.
Thousands of tons of salt waste will be a result of this project.