“This study reveals that humpback whales are literally on a collision course with the coal industry,” Mr Hepburn said. “We are talking about building a coal superhighway right through primary breeding grounds.” (via Whales and coal on collision course | Gladstone News | Local News in Gladstone | Gladstone Observer)
Source: gladstoneobserver.com.au
Mega Uranium Ltd. CA:MGA 1.56% (“Mega”) is pleased to report the favorable outcome of the Queensland State election held on 24 March 2012 that resulted in the incumbent Labor Party government, which opposed uranium mining, being replaced by the Liberal National Party (“LNP”). The new LNP State Government has not announced its position on uranium mining, but is expected to follow the Federal LNP policy which supports uranium mine development throughout Australia. If so, there would no longer be any political impediment to the development of Mega’s Ben Lomond project and its other uranium resources in the State.
THE clawing sound from beneath George St in Brisbane is Premier Campbell Newman trying to climb out of the deep hole he dug for himself on job creation during the election campaign. (via Digging deep to honour promises | The Courier-Mail)
Source: couriermail.com.au
TAKE ACTION: 24hrs to Save Bimblebox
Fantastic news: QLD Premier Anna Bligh committed to protect Bimblebox Nature Refuge from a massive coal mine last night. Now we have less than 24 hours to make sure Newman makes the same call. Stop billionaire Clive Palmer’s mega coal mine destroying Queensland!
Call: 07 3366 4000
Email: newman@lnpqld.org.au
Facebook: Campbell Newman
Tweet: @Campbell_Newman
More info: http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/en/news/climate/Nature-refuges-for-nature-not-mining/
Source: greenpeace.org
And here’s what Gina’s started - Alpha test mine, soon to be exporting 30 million tonnes of coal to the world
(via Twitter / @larissawaters)
Source: twitter.com
Fishers blame coal & gas terminal dredging in Gladstone for breakout of “painful” boils.
(via Brisbane Times)
Source: brisbanetimes.com.au
If we continue with the Government’s plan to turn the Great Barrier Reef into a coal and gas highway, we will risk the health and World Heritage status of our Reef for fossil fuel exports. - Greens Senator Larissa Waters
(via Cracked coal ship on the Barrier Reef | Australian Mining)
Source: miningaustralia.com.au
Flight Centre chief fights coal mines
Flight Centre chief executive Graham Turner has turned up the heat in a battle to prevent coalmines being opened up alongside nature reserves and residential communities in south-east Queensland.
Greenpeace wants the Queensland government to reject what would be Australia’s biggest coal mine, calling the proposal an act of environmental vandalism.
Submissions on Waratah Coal’s China First mine, planned for Galilee Basin west of Rockhampton, close on Monday.
The mine would produce 5.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions - or the equivalent of 1.5 million extra cars on the road - through the mining of coal alone, according to Greenpeace-commissioned research.
When burned, the coal would produce an additional 95 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year, equivalent to 16 per cent of Australia’s current emissions, Greenpeace says.
THE development of coal ”mega-mines” in central Queensland such as the massive China First project will destroy the world’s chance of keeping global warming to 2 degrees, Greenpeace says.
Environment group Friends of the Earth Brisbane is challenging the planned Xstrata mine at Wandoan, 350 kilometres west of Brisbane, which is set to be Queensland’s biggest single coal producer, and perhaps the biggest in the southern hemisphere.
