AUSTRALIAN actor Michael Caton supported anti coal seam gas (CSG) campaigners in Sydney this morning (October 23) at the Annual General Meeting of AGL.
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With fears fracking may impact the Great Lakes' water supply more and more local residents have been travelling to Gloucester and further afield to join the growing protests against AGL.
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The residents are calling on AGL to immediately suspend its coal seam gas operations in Gloucester.
The group greeted shareholders as they arrived at the venue, informing them about AGL’s involvement in coal seam gas.
Residents also attended the AGM to ask questions about the company’s record of pollution incidents and licence breaches as well as the viability of proceeding with the Gloucester project in a volatile environment of strong community opposition.
There have been nine people arrested in the last 48 hours at the site where AGL is trying to begin fracking coal seam gas in Gloucester. The company brought its equipment trucks into the site at 4am on Monday morning.
The community has vowed to continue taking peaceful direct action to interrupt and delay the coal seam gas fracking over concerns it threatens human health, existing agriculture and tourism businesses, and the community’s water supply.
The fracking of four coal seam gas wells at Gloucester was approved by NSW Resources Minister Anthony Roberts in August 2014. This is the first coal seam gas fracking approved by the current NSW Government. AGL is planning to drill and frack 110 coal seam gas wells in the first stage of operations in Gloucester.