Court rules against Palmer’s Qld coal mine - for several reasons but one of them was because (copied and pasted below) -
"She also said the subsidence impacts of the mine on the ecological values of the nearby 8000-hectare Bimblebox Nature Reserve were not certain, and potentially severe.“The evidence suggests it is likely the refuge will be lost and the ecological values of Bimblebox seriously and possibly irreversibly damaged,” Kingham said.“There is no credible plan before the court to offset such a loss, and the evidence causes me to question whether one could be developed and implemented.”The judge warned her ruling was a recommendation, with the government to make the final decision on the mine’s lease and environmental authority to proceed."
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/court-rules-against-palmers-qld-coal-mine-20221125-p5c1bw.html
"Bimblebox Nature Reserve is approximately 450km west of Rockhampton and approximately 50km north of Alpha (Queensland). Bimblebox is an 8000 hectare, never been cleared, woodland environment in the Desert Uplands Region of central western Queensland." (
http://bimblebox.org/)
Copied and pasted from the GRV website - "The Alpha Torbanite project is located approximately 50km south of the Central Queensland town of Alpha."
What are peoples thoughts on this in regards to GRV's Alpha plans? Was anybody at the AGM and were carbon offsets / environmental impacts discussed etc?
