Grassroots environmental campaigners win landmark victory | The Canary
Grassroots environmental campaigners win landmark victory
Victoria has become the first Australian state to introduce a permanent ban on onshore fracking and coal seam gas exploration. Hailed as a stunning and inspiring victory of a “grassroots” movement fighting against a strong streak of climate change denial in the national government and the economic might of the fossil fuel corporations.
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decision by Victoria’s government follows a parliamentary inquiry into onshore unconventional gas exploration which received over 1600 submissions, the majority of them stating concerns over fracking and coal seam gas.
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