{"id":205937,"date":"2018-04-09T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T03:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=205937"},"modified":"2020-08-05T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T02:40:14","slug":"linc-energy-found-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/04\/09\/linc-energy-found-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Linc Energy Found Guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38244\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ucg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-38244\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ucg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ucg.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ucg-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLASHBACK: Linc Energy&#8217;s former trial UCG plant near Chinchilla (Photo: Linc Energy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 9, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Linc Energy has been found guilty in the Brisbane District Court of causing serious environmental harm at its underground coal gasification project near Chinchilla.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which is in liquidation, had pleaded not guilty to five charges of wilfully causing environmental harm between 2007-13.<\/p>\n<p>The trial has been running since January 29 however Linc Energy was not represented and offered no evidence in its own defence.<\/p>\n<p>Crown Prosecutor Ralph Devlin QC\u00a0alleged Linc was aware it was causing serious damage but allowed operations to continue, releasing contamination into the soil, air and water table.<\/p>\n<p>The company will be sentenced in May.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/01\/29\/linc-energy-court-trial-begins\/\"><strong>Linc Energy Court Trial Begins<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/02\/mp-calms-soil-contamination-fears\/\">MP Calms Soil Contamination Fears<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/02\/more-ucg-contamination-found\/\">More UCG Contamination Found\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/11\/five-linc-executives-face-charges\/\">Five Linc Executives Face Charges<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/11\/ucg-banned-in-queensland-2\/\">UCG Banned In Queensland<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a 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