Anger powers protest

THE fight against coal seam gas will see a Boonah woman walk more than 100km to voice her opposition.

Linda Weston will be walking more than 100km through the Scenic Rim to protest coal and coal seam gas mining and a planned high pressure gas pipeline in the region. . Picture: Claudia Baxter

THE fight against coal seam gas will see a Boonah woman walk more than 100km to voice her opposition.

Linda Weston, who has already been charged for her alleged role in a CSG protest near Kerry, will spend five days walking through the Scenic Rim to Ipswich.

Her walk is the continuation of the Walk Against Coal and Gas being held in northern NSW.

"I'm planning to walk about 20km a day to send a clear message that we will not accept coal mining, CSG or what we consider to be risky pipelines through our region," Mrs Weston said.

"The LNP's election promise to keep the Scenic Rim free of coal and gas does not seem to have been heard by the miners."

Mrs Weston was concerned with proposed coal and gas across the region, as well as the proposed Lions Way pipeline that would transport gas from Casino in NSW to Ipswich.

"Mining in the Scenic Rim is not on and the Premier needs to make that clear," she said.

"Until that time, I feel we have no choice but to continue to make a stand. This is my way of saying stop. We need to fully consider potential impacts on underground water, soil, health, farming and communities."

Mrs hoped her Walk Against Coal and Gas would draw strong support from other concerned Scenic Rim residents, who were welcome to accompany her for sections of the trek.

"I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of different faces along the way, possibly including a film crew who have expressed an interest in recording the event," she said.

She will even carry her own version of the eternal flame on her trip - a bottle carried from the Richmond River at Casino to the end of the planned pipeline route, representing the potential danger to groundwater supplies.

Originally published as Anger powers protest