Gas green light: Landmark report finds CSG risks ‘can be managed’

By Ross Tyson
October 2 2014 - 4:00am
FIGHT GOES ON: Armidale grandmother Pat Schultz makes her views on the coal seam gas industry clear during a protest in the Pilliga Scrub near Narrabri in April.
FIGHT GOES ON: Armidale grandmother Pat Schultz makes her views on the coal seam gas industry clear during a protest in the Pilliga Scrub near Narrabri in April.

SANTOS has received a major boost to its hopes of creating a $2 billion coal seam gas field in the region after a report concluded risks associated with the industry are “not significantly” greater than any other form of mining.

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