Hay Point Coal Terminal, Queensland, Australia. Captions and Photo source: © Greenpeace / Tom Jefferson
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While the world digests the IPCC’s 5th assessment of our carbon emissions and changing climate, plans abound for an unprecedented coal export boom in Australia…
“Australia does not need to continue on the fossil fuel path. Its windy coastline, abundance of sunlight and educated workforce makes it uniquely well placed to develop a world-leading renewable energy industry that can be exported internationally.”
Read Full Article, Guardian UK
Cooking The Climate Wrecking The Reef:The Global Impact Of Coal Exports From Australia’s Galilee Bassin, A Greenpeace Report(Uploaded 09-19-2012)
A coal basin near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will rank among the world’s worst producers of carbon pollution if fully mined, Greenpeace said, as it warned of devastating consequences. ” Cooking The Climate Wrecking The Reef: The Global Impact Of Coal Exports From Australia’s Galilee Bassin”, is a Greenpeace Australia Report.
Coal mining has already devastated the landscape in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. Captions and Photo source: ©Greenpeace/Tom Jefferson “Cooking the Climate Wrecking The Reef: The global impact of coal exports from Australia’s Galilee Basin,” Greenpeace.
