In our campaign to stop dangerous climate change, Greenpeace is taking on one
of the most urgent issues: the enormous expansion of coal mining and coal
exports from Australia. Not only does coal expansion spell disaster for our
global climate but it threatens one of the world’s most precious treasures, the
Great Barrier Reef.
The Galilee Basin, located in the heart of Queensland, is the site of a
series of proposed mega mines that could see Australia’s coal exports more than
double within a decade. Enormous coal mines mean enormous amounts of carbon
pollution and supporting infrastructure – including at least one rail line and
multiple massive port terminals. Australia is on the brink of turning the Great
Barrier Reef World Heritage Area into an industrial estate.
Greenpeace documented the impacts of the coal expansion plans in ‘Boom
goes the Reef,’ a report released March 1, 2012. Impacts include:
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