Linc Energy Underground Coal Gasification Time Bomb Explodes
Channel: Frackoffuk
Date: 2015-08-10

A flagship project cited by proponents of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) in the UK has resulted in criminal charges against the directors of an Australian company. It has taken seven years for the damage to come to light but Linc Energy's directors now face massive fines and possible jail sentences.

The Queensland Government has uncovered severe contamination around Linc Energy's UCG test site at Chinchilla. Toxic Syngas from underground fires has caused severe pollution to ground water, soil and air, putting hundreds of square kilometers of prime agricultural land west of Brisbane at risk.