Tag Carmichael coal mine
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Thanks to Westpac for ditching Adani
Andrew Bennett, Murwillumbah. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Westpac Bank for changing their sustainability policy which now rules out funding any new coal mines and coal fired generation projects including the proposed Adani coal mine to... Read More →
May 1, 2017 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Adani corruption investigation is the last straw
Diana Jo Faith, Newtown. We learn this week that the Indian company, Adani, which is extracting coal at the great Barrier Reef is to be charged by the Indian Government with crime and corruption. Adani has been accused of also utilising offshore havens
December 22, 2016 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Adani and the zombie jobs that just won’t die
Australia is a nation on the move: 10,000 people are trudging towards the zombie jobs promised them in Queensland by Indian company Adani at its proposed Carmichael mine.
December 15, 2016 | Echonetdaily | 5 -
Adani mine faces another legal hurdle
Adani facing fresh legal battle over planned Carmichael coal mine from the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners a day after announcing workforce arrangements.
December 8, 2016 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Qld govt invokes special power for Adani
Brisbane [AAP] The Queensland government has invoked special powers to ensure the controversial Carmichael coal and rail project starts next year. The combined mine, rail and associated water infrastructure have all been declared critical infrastructure – the first time this... Read More →
October 10, 2016 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Adani mine centre of traditional owner dispute
[AAP & other sources] Traditional land owners have voted in favour of allowing a coal mine to be opened by Adani in central Queensland, but some from the Indigenous group have labelled the vote a sham. More than 300 people... Read More →
April 18, 2016 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Green groups vow to fight on against Adani
[AAP & other sources] Green groups have vowed to continue efforts to stop Australia’s largest coal mine after the Queensland government granted mining leases for the project. Indian company Adani has been granted three leases to take an estimated 11... Read More →
April 4, 2016 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Government set to give a handout to Adani
David Dynes, Federal. Well, what do you know? Adan’is Carmichael mine may be funded by taxpayers’ millions, as I understand the banks are pulling out.
September 27, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Thus spake Mungo: The holes in Abbott’s holy cause
Once again our creative prime minister has devised a bold and imaginative solution. Now it just remains to discover a credible problem to go with it. Tony Abbott’s latest wedge, to shut down the protection of the environment from its friends.
August 25, 2015 | Mungo MacCallum | 2 -
Environmental law shakeup an over-reaction: TAI
A push by the federal government to stop third-party green groups from intervening on big mining projects has been rejected as an over-reaction by influential thinktank The Australia Institute.
August 19, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Coal industry assets are the penny dreadfuls of new economy
It seems that one dollar, a greenback, or even just one euro can go an awfully long way in the coal industry these days, writes Giles Parkinson.
August 10, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
CommBank parts ways with controversial Adani mine
The Commonwealth Bank's role as adviser to the controversial Carmichael coal mine in Queensland has ended, dealing another blow to the beleaguered project.
August 6, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Adani rejects report claiming mine ‘unviable’
Indian mining giant Adani says a proposed Queensland mega-mine will help fuel a rapidly expanding overseas coal market as a new report labels it financially unviable.
May 5, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Traditional owners reject Adani’s Carmichael mine
The Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) people announced on Thursday they have rejected an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) with Indian giant Adani to build the huge Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. The W&J are the Indigenous traditional owners... Read More →
March 27, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 1
