Fed approval for Adani

Greg Hunt approves Adani’s Carmichael coal mine in Galilee Basin

• by: Andrew Fraser
• From: The Australian
• July 28, 2014 11:10AM

THE federal government has given the go ahead for the giant Carmichael coal mine proposed by Indian company Adani in the Galilee Basin in central Queensland.
The approval was announced by Environment Minister Greg Hunt, who said he had imposed 36 strict conditions on the project.
But environmentalists were furious at the decision, with Greenpeace accusing the government of ignoring expert scientific advice in granting the approval.
“The federal Environment Minister has laid out the red carpet for a coal company with a shocking track record to dig up the outback, dump on the Great Barrier Reef and fuel climate change,” said Greenpeace Program Director Ben Pearson.
Mr Hunt said the strict conditions ”will ensure the proponent meets the highest environmental standards and that all impacts, including cumulative impacts, are avoided, mitigated or offset”.
Adani has proposed a 60 million tonne per annum thermal coal mine about 160km northwest of Clermont, with coal to be sent to the coast by rail via a private line.
Most of the coal will be sent to India."


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