Coal Seam Gas is the top environmental concern of Central Coast residents, if a survey by the Central Coast branch of the Australian Conservation Foundation is anything to go by
The branch surveyed visitors to the Ecoburbia Sustainability Festival at Narara Valley High School, asking “What is your greatest environmental concern?” Branch president Mr John Wiggin said the result was not a surprise given the increase in public awareness about the dangers of coal seam gas fracking in the lead-up to the recent State election. “Our small survey is consistent with anecdotal evidence that suggests many Central Coast residents are worried about coal seam gas mining and the damage it does to water supplies and places people love,” Mr Wiggin said. Packaging and waste was the second greatest concern, with forest destruction third. “Other concerns included climate change, renewable energy, water, the Great Barrier Reef and dust pollution,” Mr Wiggin said. “We had 50 people write down their concerns, some more than one.”
Media release,
20 Apr 2015
John Wiggin, Australian
Conservation Foundation
Central Coast branch