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No UCG in SA: Take action today

The State Government submission period for comment on the Leigh Creek Energy Underground Coal Gasification project is now open.

It is essential as many people as possible make submissions calling on the Government to halt any more approvals on this dangerous project.

Submissions close 5pm, 15 April 2019.

No UCG in SA: Take action today

The State Government submission period for comment on the Leigh Creek Energy Underground Coal Gasification project is now open.

It is essential as many people as possible make submissions calling on the Government to halt any more approvals on this dangerous project.

Submissions close 5pm, 15 April 2019.

Message to the Minister: No UCG in SA

No UCG in SA: Take action today

The State Government submission period for comment on the Leigh Creek Energy Underground Coal Gasification project is now open.

On 1 February 2019, Leigh Creek Energy requested from the State Government a three-month extension of their production period under Section 27(3) of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000.

It is essential as many people as possible make submissions to Energy and Mining Minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan MP calling on the Government to halt any more approvals on this dangerous project.

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Dear Hon Minister,

I have serious concerns regarding our State Government's approval of the Leigh Creek Energy Limited Energy and Gas project.

In particular, I am concerned about the dangerous experiment that is Underground Coal Gasification – especially after it has been banned in Queensland after causing the biggest pollution event in that state’s history.

Water is the lifeblood of the outback. Looking at the number of water bores in proximity to the site of Leigh Creek Energy's plant raises the highly important issue of safeguarding aquifers against contamination. No amount of drilling and geological survey can determine there will be no gas or chemical leakage through faults, or potentially from the plant, into this vital resource.

In Queensland, three separate trial experiments of UCG were abandoned; two due to environmental contamination.

Surely South Australians can learn from this disastrous example and make more informed decisions as a result.

We do not need this dangerous project as a source of energy or fertiliser, as we have so many cheaper, cleaner renewable energy options available.

The impact is too great to ignore. It includes contamination of water (flammable water) with toxic chemicals, leading to poisoning of livestock and contamination of our agricultural industry products, increase in groundwater and soil salinity, depletion of groundwater.

The town of Copley is only seven kilometres downwind from the trial site. It has been demonstrated across the world that one of the by-products of UCG production has been benzenes and other known carcinogens (cancer-causing agents).

The members of the Leigh Creek community including Traditional Owners are opposed to this work. Leigh Creek Energy does not have the social licence to continue this work in the Leigh Creek region.

The Adnyamathanha people — through their peak body the Adnyamathanha Traditional Lands Association RNTBC — have voted unanimously at a general meeting on 29 March 2019 to oppose the Leigh Creek Energy Project. Adnyamathanha people have said that enough is enough: leave Yurlu’s coal alone and let the place heal. This is a culturally significant area for Adnyamathanha people and we don’t want it disturbed any more. No gasification in Adnyamathanha Yarta.

I strongly oppose the action and urge you to do the same.

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