Environment Protection Agency sidelined after warning of high risks at AGL coal seam gas project

The NSW government has sidelined the EPA,.Environment Protection Authority, in pushing ahead with a coal seam gas project despite advice it is high risk, threatening valuable agricultural land.

In a submission that has been confidential until now, the EPA warned the Department of Trade against approving the disposal of waste water at AGL's Gloucester project as it would lead to dangerously high salt levels and the potential destruction of farmland.
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