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Ignited methane gas from the seep on the Condamine River. Screenshot from Jeremy Buckingham/YouTube

May 3, 2016

River on fire: even if it’s not coal seam gas we should still be concerned

Bryce Kelly, UNSW and Charlotte Iverach, UNSW

Coal seam gas may not be responsible for a flaming river in Queensland, but it still raises uncomfortable questions.

An LNG carrier leaves Darwin. Ken Hodge/Flickr

January 17, 2016

Heading north: how the export boom is shaking up Australia’s gas market

Tim Forcey, University of Melbourne

Coal seam gas companies have invested billions of dollars to export their products overseas. But is their investment paying off?

The Great Artesian Basin is a source of water in many areas of inland Australia. user:kdliss/Wikimedia

May 20, 2015

Groundwater: the natural wonder that needs protecting from coal seam gas

Matthew Currell, RMIT University

Recent water leaks related to coal seam gas development in New South Wales raise more concerns about the industry's impact on groundwater.

The debate around coal seam gas exploration is highly politically charged, so it’s important to have an accurate picture of what exactly is proposed. Dean Lewins/AAP

March 24, 2015

FactCheck: is 53% of Australia under exploration licence for unconventional mining?

Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University

Is Christian Democratic Party leader Fred Nile correct when he says that 53% of Australia's landmass is under current exploration licence for unconventional mining?

Unless community concerns are heard and responded to, the NSW coal seam gas industry will keep running into road blocks. Stop CSG Illawarra/AAP

March 19, 2015

The future of coal seam gas after the NSW election

James Horne, Australian National University

Whether you're a supporter or opponent of coal seam gas, the looming New South Wales election will decide the industry's future in the state. So what are the three key issues to watch?

One Nation’s Pauline Hanson says landholders’ constitutional water rights have been undermined by government changes – but is that true? AAP Image/Tertius Pickard

January 22, 2015

Could the Constitution protect farm water from coal seam gas?

Adam Webster, University of Adelaide

The Australian Constitution says residents have the right to water from the rivers for irrigation and conservation purposes but governments have brought in laws that are restricting this – One Nation’s…

Coal seam gas is only one issue for managing one of Australia’s most important geological resources. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

December 9, 2014

Coal seam gas is just the latest round in an underground war

Sara Bice, University of Melbourne; Mike Sandiford, University of Melbourne, and Will Howard, University of Melbourne

In a recent article on The Conversation, Queensland coal seam gas (CSG) researchers argued that the industry is progressing faster than the science, leading to concerns over fugitive emissions and impacts…

Aerial image of gas fields in the Darling Downs. Can science keep up with coal seam gas expansion? Google Earth

December 7, 2014

Science and coal seam gas – a case of the tortoise and the hare?

Damien Maher, Southern Cross University; Douglas Tait, Southern Cross University, and Isaac Santos, Southern Cross University

One of the key questions about the coal seam gas (CSG) industry, which is now being developed at breakneck speed across Australia, is how much methane is released as “fugitive” emissions. Three weeks ago…

The Queensland town of Chinchilla is now home to a coal seam gas processing plant. AAP Image/Dave Hunt

September 17, 2014

Queensland survey reveals lukewarm view of coal seam gas

Andrea Walton, CSIRO; Rod McCrea, CSIRO, and Rosemary Leonard, CSIRO

Residents in Queensland’s Western Downs region have mixed feelings towards coal seam gas (CSG) development taking place in their midst, according to our CSIRO survey. More than two-thirds of locals described…

New South Wales’s Appin power plant runs on coal seam gas. Bluedawe/Wikimedia Commons

March 17, 2014

Three myths the coal seam gas industry wants you to believe

Richard Denniss, Australian National University

Coal seam gas has an image problem, as a former Santos chairman and others in the industry have acknowledged. The way the industry extracts natural gas from deep underground coal seams, both here and overseas…

The Ruby Jo coal seam gas central processing plant, near Chinchilla in Queensland’s Surat Basin, October 2013. AAP/Dave Hunt

January 15, 2014

How coal seam gas is changing the face of rural Queensland

Tom Measham, CSIRO and David A. Fleming, CSIRO

Why would young Australians buck international trends and move to the country? According to our research, a growing youth population has been observed in coal seam gas (CSG) development areas within the…

Top contributors

Mike Sandiford
Chair of Geology & Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, University of Melbourne
Matthew Currell
Senior Lecturer, Hydrogeology & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University
Richard Denniss
Adjunct Professor, Crawford School, Australian National University
Bryce Kelly
Associate Professor, Connected Waters Initiative, UNSW
Samantha Hepburn
Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
Will Howard
Research scientist, University of Melbourne
Sara Bice
Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Government, University of Melbourne
Douglas Tait
PhD Student in Biogeochemistry, Southern Cross University
Damien Maher
ARC DECRA Fellow, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
Isaac Santos
Professor, National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University
Tim Forcey
Energy Advisor (formerly), University of Melbourne
Peter Cook
Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
Tom Measham
Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
David A. Fleming
Economist, CSIRO
James Horne
James Horne is a Friend of The Conversation.

Visiting Fellow in public policy/water, Australian National University