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Australian green group to challenge India-backed coal mine
2015-11-08 19:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: An Australian environmental group Monday launched a new legal challenge to a huge, India-backed coal mine, saying the government's recent re-approval of the project failed to consider the impact on the Great Barrier Reef. The Aus$16.5 billion (US$11.6 billion) project in the Galilee Basin in Queensland state has been criticised by environmentalists who say the coal it produces will not only contribute to global warming but will have to be shipped from a port near the World Heritage-listed reef....
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