{"id":31939,"date":"2016-04-03T18:35:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T08:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=31939"},"modified":"2019-04-16T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T03:31:15","slug":"palaszczuk-approves-adani-coal-mine-leases-furthering-reef-and-climate-destruction-reports-takvera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/palaszczuk-approves-adani-coal-mine-leases-furthering-reef-and-climate-destruction-reports-takvera\/","title":{"rendered":"Palaszczuk approves Adani #coal mine leases furthering reef and #climate destruction reports @takvera"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Queensland Labor Premier Palaszczuk announced approval Adani Carmichael coal mine leases<\/p><\/div>\nThis Sunday morning (3 April) the Queensland Mines Minister Anthony Lynham and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk issued a joint statement for approval of mine leases for the Carmichael coal mine and rail project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. Their statement was widely condemned by environment, climate and indigenous organisations.<\/p>\n

The mine lease approval comes on the tail of the worst coral bleaching event on record for the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers found that 95 per cent of the northern 1000 km of the reef system up to Torres Strait was badly bleached<\/a>. We know this is a direct consequence of climate change. There is no record of extreme coral bleaching events before 1998. See the ABC 7.30 Report<\/em> on the extreme bleaching event<\/a> caused by climate change, or read Graham Readfearn writing in the Guardian<\/em> newspaper on the Link between fossil fuels and Great Barrier Reef bleaching clear and incontrovertible<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The coal mine by Indian company Adani, if it goes ahead, will be the largest open cut coal mine in the southern hemisphere, with the three mining leases estimated to contain 11 billion tonnes of thermal coal, with a mine production capacity aiming for 60 million tonnes of coal every year.<\/p>\n

The government statement says the project is worth $21.7 billion, although Adani’s own estimate is $16.5 billion, according to Mark Ludlow from the Australian Financial Review. <\/p>\n

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FYI, QLD govt is saying Adani's Carmichael project is $21.7b, but company says it's still $16.5b. Govt pumping tyres?! #qldpol<\/a> #auspol<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mark Ludlow (@M_Ludlow) April 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n