total fire ban http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/5594/all en Total Fire Ban exemption for Santos CSG plant riles Pilliga residents http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2013/01/09/total-fire-ban-exemption-for-santos-csg-plant-riles-pilliga-residents <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> While firefighters were battling over 137 fires across NSW, over 40 uncontrolled, and with a total fire ban in place on Tuesday and Wednesday in <a href="http://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/08/climate-change-records-tumble-in-extreme-heatwave-as-temperature-scale-adjusted-upwards">record temperatures</a>, Santos Gas at it's Pillaga CSG processing plant were able to vent and burn gas as usual in the middle of a tinder dry forest. Local residents have complained about this exemption saying it poses an unacceptable fire risk for the local community and for the Pilliga forest.</p> <p> Background: The Global Mail - <a href="http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/pillaging-the-pilliga/447/">Pillaging the Pilliga</a> (October 2012)</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/new-south-wales">New South Wales</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/bushfire">bushfire</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/csg">CSG</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/pillaga">Pillaga</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/total-fire-ban">total fire ban</a></div></div></div> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:58:56 +0000 takver 8235 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal