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Anti-coal seam gas campaigners fear water safeguards will be dumped
2013-08-20 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: New environmental safeguards aimed at protecting water resources could be ditched before they are applied to more than a handful of coal and gas projects, with a new analysis showing nearly 40 developments have yet to be assessed for their impact on water. A study by the Lock the Gate alliance, a coalition of anti-coal seam gas campaigners, shows that of 43 coal and gas developments likely to impact water supplies, just four of them have had the so-called "water trigger" assessment applied to them....
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