A new move by the Queensland government has reassured today that Australia is about to embark on a presumed gas-rush. The move in question is the QLD government's decision to approve a pipeline spanning hundreds of kilometers, which would connect coal seam gas from inland wells to the Port of Gladstone in central Queensland.

The rapid increase in the extraction of coal seam gas has led farming communities and mining Companies to loggerheads, as the farmers are concerned about the effect that the mining would have on underground aquifers, which are extremely important for farmers.

The same concerns regarding a pipeline have been expressed in the United States as well, where a film Gasland has been documented several times. The award-winning documentary was played in Brisbane to spread more awareness regarding the adverse affects of mining on farm cultivation.

The documentary film is being screened at a critical point of time in Australia and could result in stronger protests by people against the pipeline that would be laid out to acquire coal seam gas. The documentary Gasland pretty much revolves around the way the Bush administration had flouted environmental risks to increase the amount of shale gas mining across the United States.