Four major fossil fuel developments have been approved by the Albanese government; four examples of just how broken Australia’s environmental law is. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian
By Tim Flannery, The Guardian, September 8, 2023
Late on a Friday evening, just a couple of weeks ago, Australia’s federal environment minister quietly waved through a coalmine extension that will outlive most of us.
The Gregory Crinum coalmine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin now has a green light to operate for another 50 years, until 2073. The extra coal, when burnt, will add about 31m tonnes of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere once it is burned. That equates to 6% of Australia’s annual emissions.
I’m not exaggerating when I say if we don’t stop this rampant approval of fossil fuel projects, by 2073 we’ll be living through the large-scale destruction of ecosystems and will have breached multiple tipping points, leading to the collapse of our food systems and hellish heat and fires.
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