But Mr Gorringe said the delicate balance that sustained the country as it swung from boom to bust was being put at risk by a push from the oil and gas industry."The coal seam gas that's been approved across the flood plains, you're talking roads going in places where they've never had roads before."reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero in less than three decades
But new research shared with the ABC has uncovered its impact, and suggests the future of the basin could be threatened.Richard Kingsford, from the University of New South Wales, has spent most of his career studying the area. That would generate lucrative profits for gas companies and create jobs. But at what cost, asks Professor Kingsford.
In a remote part of South Australia, near the border with Queensland and New South Wales, lies the internationally recognised and protected Coongie Lakes Ramsar Site. And indeed, standing on its banks, Professor Kingsford is struck by the diversity of bird life there and immediately spots what he says is Australia's rarest duck: the freckled duck.
latingle MikeySlezak santos crimes against nature
MikeySlezak I saw a program where a salt water lake in Armenia had dried up & all that’s left is the salt.
MikeySlezak Isn’t this near were Paul Lockyer an crew died in helicopter crash? Sad day.
latingle MikeySlezak Excellent piece.
latingle MikeySlezak Would be wiser to think long-term and potential devastation of environment.
MikeySlezak you're not wrong and that's a bigger threat then people realize as all waterways in australia are connected
MikeySlezak So APPEALtd & SantosLtd declined to comment. auspol biodiversity LakeEyre wetlands
MikeySlezak A good question for Federal Environment Minister tanya_plibersek given her announcement today about species protection that includes biodiversity & habitat. auspol environment LakeEyre
MikeySlezak abcnews ABC is infected with woke madness Why do we need to know indigenous names? Lake Eyre is much easier as we know it We dont need to know indigenous name Who cares?
MikeySlezak just criminal Greedy gas miners are pushing for 1000s hectares of ocean to mine gas inc Ningaloo Now Betaloo in NT and Lake Eyre in SA Both states and fed gov are complicit by caving in