COAL MINES AND MINING – ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS – AUSTRALIA

Environmentalists take Tanya Plibersek to court over coal mine assessments

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Original article by Mike Foley
Brisbane Times – Page: Online : 6-Jun-23

The Environment Council of Central Queensland has launched legal action against Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek in the Federal Court. The Council is asking the court to review Plibersek’s decision not to take global warming into account when assessing Mach Energy’s application to expand its Mount Pleasant open-cut coal mine and Whitehaven Coal’s application to expand its Narrabri underground mine; both mines are in NSW. The Council is being represented in court by Environmental Justice Australia, with senior lawyer Retta Berryman saying if the judicial review is successful it could compel all coal and gas projects to be assessed for climate change impacts.

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ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL OF CENTRAL QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER, MACH ENERGY, WHITEHAVEN COAL LIMITED – ASX WHC, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AUSTRALIA

Adani Ports chief bullish on future of Australian coal

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Original article by Matthew Cranston
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 15-Nov-19

Adani Port’s CEO Karan Adani says its port operations will be carbon neutral by 2025. Adani’s controversial Carmichael coal mine in Queensland is due to commence shipping 200,000 tonnes of coal a week to India in 2021. India is tipped to overtake China as the largest importer of coal in the mid 2020s. Karan Adani views climate change as an important issue, but he notes that millions of Indians are still burning kerosene and wood. Coal remains the least expensive and most reliable source of electricity in India, while the nation’s former power secretary Ram Vinay Shahi notes that 300 million Indians do not have a reliable source of energy.

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ADANI PORTS, ADANI MINING PTY LTD

Stop demonising us, says Adani chief

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Original article by Mark Ludlow
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 : 4-Dec-18

Adani Mining CEO Lucas Dow has called for the "demonisation" of its controversial Carmichael coal mining project in Queensland to end. Adani announced in the week ending 30 November that the project will finally go ahead, albeit on a much reduced scale, and that it will be self-funded. Dow says Adani accepts that some people are against the Carmichael project, but the debate about it proceeding or not should be based around facts, not "myths, half-truths and deceptions". He says Adani is sick of being used as a "political football".

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ADANI MINING PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, BHP GROUP LIMITED – ASX BHP, QUEENSLAND RESOURCES COUNCIL LIMITED, GETUP LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Critics won’t stop Carmichael coal mine: Adani Australia boss Jeyakumar Janakaraj

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Original article by Mark Ludlow
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 12-Mar-18

Adani Australia CEO Jeyakumar Janakaraj has attacked the amount of misinformation being spread by opponents of its proposed $A16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine. He notes that the mine has already secured over 100 approvals, and that Australia’s investment reputation would be at risk if a future government scrapped a project that had already secured appropriate government approvals. Janakaraj noted that forecast strong global energy demand over the next two decades made the Carmichael mine an economically viable project.

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ADANI MINING PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY

Minister accuses ABC of ‘fake news’

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Original article by Stephanie Peatling
The Age – Page: 5 : 23-Dec-16

The ABC has been accused of being biased in its coverage of Adani’s Carmichael coal mine project in Queensland. Resources & Northern Australia Minister Matt Canavan said on 22 December 2016 that the ABC’s reports were "nothing but fake news". Canavan claims that the coalmine would have beneficial impact on the environment in central Queensland.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND

Clinton campaign boss paid by Adani-fight foundation

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Original article by Dennis Shanahan
The Australian – Page: 8 : 3-Nov-16

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign chairman John Podesta was paid $US7,000 a month by the Sandler Foundation, starting from February 2016. Documents released by WikiLeaks show that Podesta received the payments for his advice on Adani’s coal project in Queensland. The leaked information validates the Australian Government’s claims that foreign-funded groups were involved in the protest against the Adani project.

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ADANI MINING PTY LTD, GREENPEACE, SANDLER FOUNDATION, WIKILEAKS, GETUP LIMITED, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND

Turnbull moves to shut court doors on anti-coal activists

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Original article by Dennis Shanahan
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 25-Oct-16

The Australian Government has flagged action to crack down on environmental activists’ use of the court system to block resources projects. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has raised the possibility of reviving legislation aimed at curbing vexatious litigation by environmental groups. The mooted crackdown follows warnings from India’s Power Minister Piyush Goyal that opposition to Adani’s Carmichael coal mine could affect his nation’s future investment in Australia. The campaign against Carmichael has received funding from at least one US organisation that has links to John Podesta, who is heading the presidential election campaign of Hillary Clinton.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE, ADANI MINING PTY LTD, INDIA. MINISTRY OF POWER, DEMOCRATIC PARTY (UNITED STATES), GREENPEACE, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, SANTOS LIMITED – ASX STO, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FINANCE, SUNRISE PROJECT, SANDLER FOUNDATION

Coal activists risk driving India away

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Original article by Dennis Shanahan, Michael McKenna
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 24-Oct-16

India’s Power Minister Piyush Goyal has warned that the long-running opposition to Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine in Queensland could affect his nation’s future investment in Australia. Goyal added that Indian could source coal from countries such as South Africa and Indonesia if investing in Australian projects becomes too difficult. Recent media reports revealed that a leading Australian anti-coal group, the Sunrise Project, has been funded by US-based foundations. Documents released by Wikileaks also show that at least one of these foundations has links to John Podesta, who is heading the presidential election campaign of Hillary Clinton.

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INDIA. MINISTRY OF POWER, ADANI MINING PTY LTD, SUNRISE PROJECT, DEMOCRATIC PARTY (UNITED STATES), WIKILEAKS, QUEENSLAND. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE, MINERALS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Coalition warms to nuclear

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Original article by Laura Tingle
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 28-Oct-15

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has responded to calls for a moratorium on coal exports and new coal mines by arguing that doing so would actually increase carbon emissions. He notes that Australian coal tends to be much cleaner than that of other countries. Meanwhile, the Federal Government’s submission to the Nuclear Royal Commission in South Australia presses the case for considering nuclear power as part of the nation’s future energy mix.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE, AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SCIENTIST, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS