What the Clarence Valley is fighting for (20)
posted by Judith M. Melville at
12:41 am
Tuesday 27 March 2012
About Me
- Name: Judith M. Melville
- Location: Australia
I am a Clarence Valley resident. This blog was created to protest numerous proposals to divert water from the Clarence River and/or its tributaries. None of these proposals take into consideration the significant negative environmental, economic, social and cultural impacts water diversion would have on communities in the Clarence catchment area. All are attempts by vested interests to sidestep responsibility and not squarely face the evident trend for a gradual drying of the southern half of the Australian continent. Please feel free to offer comments on my posts. Comment is moderated for offensive language. Individuals mentioned in these posts may exercise any perceived right of reply by utilising the Comments link. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On creating a blog for the first time: "On the Internet nobody can see the crayons in my nose!" [Ginger Meggs syndicated comic strip,2007]. DISCLAIMER: I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of any political party.
Links
- The Daily Examiner
- Clarence Environment Centre
- North Coast Water 2007
- Water Resources Observation Network
- Clarence Valley Community Profile
- Bureau of Meteorology
- CSIRO Environment, Climate & Weather
- Clarence Valley Watch
- North Coast Voices
- Wildlife SOS
- Blogotariat
- Clarence Valley Today
- Laberal
- Wild Politics
- Larvatus Prodeo
- Sauer-Thompson Public Opinion
- Club Troppo
- Pollytics
Previous Posts
- Those New England vandals have reared their heads ...
- UNESCO & IUCN invited to see what mining would pla...
- What the Clarence Valley is fighting for (19)
- Community concern over Anchor Resources mining pla...
- Farmers, fishermen and conservation groups agree t...
- Mining Law Workshop Dundurrabin Community Centre F...
- Anchor Resources fails to remediate Wild Cattle Cr...
- Running counter to Anchor Resources antimony minin...
- China Shandong Jinshunda Group caught out over fud...
- Here we go again ... another ratbag!
3 Comments:
Those rocks look like Palaeozoic aged meta-sediments to me, part of the New England Orogen. Don't worry, you wont find any gas (or even a coal seam) in Palaeozoic rocks in this region.
The Clarence River and its water catchment are wider than just the gorge section and, potential mining preesures are not limited to coal seam gas. There is active gold, copper, antimony and coal exploration going on. Yes, there are coal deposits in the Clarence River catchment and one was mined up to the 1970s - the seam was not exhausted when the mine closed and there is a current licence covering that tenement.
sorry, this was the first time I'd seen your blog. From the latest posts you've provided I just assumed that this post was CSG related. After seeing where your original motivation came from I can understand the context better.
You are right about the coal in the broader Clarence catchment. There is coal everywhere the coal measures are deep underground for the most part (these are the ones targeted for CSG, for example) and around the edge of the Clarence-Moreton and Ipswich Basins there are coal deposits at the surface - even good old environmentally sensitive Nimbin once had several coal mines! It is certainly an interesting and lovely part of the world.
As I said, sorry for missing the context - I wanted to point out that the Clarence Gorge was not under threat from CSG. Thanks for responding to my comment. Feel free to visit my blog on the Geology of the region too if you like - www.nrgeology.blogspot.com.au
Cheers,
Rod.
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