You can learn more about this project and its implications for the environment in NSW through these links:
The Conversation, ‘A contentious NSW gas project is weeks away from approval. Here are 3 reasons it should be rejected’, Aug 11 2020, written with Madeline Taylor.
In this piece, we outline three key claims made about the project, which we find have not been adequately substantiated. They are that the project:
will improve gas security for NSW
does not pose a significant risk to important water resources
will not cause significant impacts to people or the environment.
Read more on the Sydney Environment Institute Blog.
Submission to the Independent Planning Commission
In July, a group of leading experts and researchers convened by the Sydney Environment Institute have found serious inadequacies within the NSW Government Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) Assessment Report recommending approval of the proposed Santos Narrabri Gas Project.
The Independent Planning Commission has been asked to make a determination regarding the NGP, with a final hearing commencing this week, to determine whether the NGP is in the public interest.
This submission finds that the DPIE’s recommendation for approving the NGP is based on a systematic failure by the DPIE to provide robust evidence in effectively evaluating Santos’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The DPIE Assessment Report provides flawed evidence that the public will be guaranteed net community benefits, which constitute serious inadequacies in the planning and assessment process.
This project is led by Michelle St Anne, Deputy Director and Operations Manager – Programming, Impact and Engagement at the Sydney Environment Institute.
This report is co-authored by Greg Bourne, Matthew Currell, Tanya Fiedler, Rebecca Lawrence, Susan Park, Nathaniel Pelle, Madeline Taylor, Gemma Viney and Alison Ziller.
On Jul 23, the report was presented to the NSW Independent Planning Commission’s Narrabri Gas Project Hearing.
Read the report here:
