AGL unable to monitor CSG fracking chemical in Gloucester project

By Peter Hannam
Updated January 20 2015 - 8:13am, first published 7:59am
Flowback: Opponents of AGL's CSG plans say environmental controls are not being enforced.  Photo: Peter Rae
Flowback: Opponents of AGL's CSG plans say environmental controls are not being enforced. Photo: Peter Rae
Flowback: Opponents of AGL's CSG plans say environmental controls are not being enforced.  Photo: Peter Rae
Flowback: Opponents of AGL's CSG plans say environmental controls are not being enforced. Photo: Peter Rae
Flowback: Opponents of AGL's CSG plans say environmental controls are not being enforced.  Photo: Peter Rae
Flowback: Opponents of AGL's CSG plans say environmental controls are not being enforced. Photo: Peter Rae
Flowback: Opponents of AGL's CSG plans say environmental controls are not being enforced.  Photo: Peter Rae
Flowback: Opponents of AGL's CSG plans say environmental controls are not being enforced. Photo: Peter Rae

The Baird government has been accused by Labor of trashing environmental safeguards by granting AGL permission to frack coal seam gas wells even before the company's monitoring for pollutants had been approved.

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