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Australia: Adani's Carmichael coalmine leases approved by Queensland

2016-04-03 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AAP: The Queensland government has granted three mining leases for Adanis multi-billion dollar Carmichael coalmine, which will be the largest in Australia. Environmental groups say the mine will fuel global warming and compound threats to the world heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef amid one of its worst coral bleaching events on record. The premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, and the mines minister, Anthony Lynham, made the announcement in Mackay on Sunday. The premier put the value of the project...

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Southern Oil Refining to build biofuels pilot plant in Queensland

2016-03-30 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology

Australia-based Southern Oil Refining has announced plans to build a biofuels pilot plant at its Yarwun plant in Gladstone, Queensland.

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US$12M advanced biofuel pilot plant for Queensland, Australia

2016-03-29 12:56:14| Green Car Congress

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Adani gets Queensland backing for Australian coal project

2016-03-15 12:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Parliament in the Australian state of Queensland agreed on Tuesday that India's Adani Enterprises Ltd should be granted "all state government approvals" to build one of the world's biggest coal mines, state mining minister Anthony Lynham said. The A$10 billion ($7.45 billion) project in the undeveloped Galilee Basin has been delayed by challenges from environmental campaigners, but a Queensland court last December rejected a bid to stop it. Environmentalists are still fighting it on numerous...

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