Regulating the known unknowns : how environmental uncertainty is addressed in the regulation of the coal seam gas industry in Queensland and New South Wales

Abstract

Environmental regulation issues surrounding Australia's mining sector have received relatively little attention from environmental law scholars. 1 This neglect has meant there has not been a concerted attempt to draw lessons for environmental law and regulation from the experience of this sector. This thesis aims to contribute to that field of scholarship with an examination of the regulation of Australia's burgeoning coal seam gas (CSG) industry. Show more