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Arrow Coal Seam Gas permit under Brisbane Western Suburbs

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Arrow Energy, now also under your house in the Brisbane Western suburbs…
http://www.goldergis.com.au/csggroundwaterportal/ (tick the CSG lease box to see areas)

A large coal seam gas exploration permit has been granted over a large part of Brisbane’s Western suburbs.

The permit, known as EPP641 is owned by BNG Pty Ltd which is a subsidiary of the large CSG company, Arrow which is, in turn, owned 50-50 by the multi-national corporations, PetroChina and Shell.

Suburbs of Brisbane covered by the EPP include Moggill, Bellbowrie, Anstead, Pullenvale, Pinjarra Hills, Mount Crosby, Karana Downs and Brookfield and the tenement comes within a kilometre or so of Kenmore Village Shopping Centre.

Coal Seam Gas: By The Numbers – ABC

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/coal-seam-gas-by-the-numbers/

Coal seam gas has emerged as a major industry in Australia in little more than a decade.

The scale and speed of its growth has been nothing short of astonishing: billions of dollars have poured into regional areas; new jobs have been created; state and national coffers have swelled; export contracts have been signed and sealed; massive liquefied natural gas facilities have been approved for construction at regional ports.

Farmers fear they are losing control of their land. Miners and some politicians say coal seam gas offers a much greener energy choice. Environmentalists and other politicians have cast doubt on those claims.

The ABC’s data journalism project has pulled together information from dozens of sources to provide an insight into the promise and the dangers inherent in the coal seam gas rush.

Still a Fracking / Coal Seam Gas proponent?

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http://www.care2.com/causes/fracking-may-have-caused-50-earthquakes-in-oklahoma.html

News is spreading that the United States Geological Survey has released a report that links a series of earthquakes in Oklahoma last January to a fracking operation underway there.

See also Fracking Caused Earthquakes in England about similar events near Blackpool.

http://www.treehugger.com/energy-disasters/fracking-caused-earthquakes-england.html