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1. Water activists win against Adani

   “water trigger” test when assessing — and approving — Adani’s North Galilee Water Scheme (NGWS) in April ... 2019. The NGWS refers to a pipeline that would extract 12.5 billion litres of water a year from the ... Suttor River to service Adani’s Carmichael Coal Mine in central Queensland. The “water trigger” refers to ...

2. Federal government’s water gift to Adani exposed

   Environment Climate crisis Water Margaret Gleeson Environmental Defenders Office Qld Queensland is ... September not to apply the “water trigger” assessment on Adani’s proposal to extract river water for up to ... 60 years, expand a dam and build a pipeline to transport the water to its mine. This was despite ...

3. Adani breaks laws, given billions of litres of water

   Climate crisis Environment Margaret Gleeson Coal Water Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) ... to undergo a key assessment to extract billions of litres of water from the Suttor River in central ... Queensland for its Carmichael coalmine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. Adani’s North Galilee Water Scheme ...

4. Water wars: A new front in the fight against Adani

   Mining Environment Margaret Gleeson Water Stop Adani Galilee Basin Stop Coal In April Adani ... Galilee Water Scheme, involves expanding an existing 2.2 billion-litre dam to 10 billion litres and ... building associated infrastructure, including 110 kilometres of pipeline to transport water from the Suttor ...

5. Bylong coalmine approved despite impact on water

   New South Wales Eddie Obeid Korean state-owned miner KEPCO Information provided by the NSW Water ... Locaway Pty Ltd, which owns a farm in the Bylong Valley and has the largest water entitlement in the area. ... contained a series of warnings from NSW Water Office that the mine would salinate the aquifer for at least ...

6. Adani’s threat to Australia's most valuable water source

   Queensland Land Court from March to May 2015. The impact of water use in the development and operation of the ... interception by the final void will be permanent. When the Queensland government amended the Water Act in late ... objection process for its water licence. In April last year, Adani was granted an unlimited water licence ...

7. Where to for Adani and Galilee coal?

   Coal Climate crisis Environment Margaret Gleeson Water Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) ... North Galilee Water Scheme Sussan Ley The Environment Defenders Office Queensland (EDO QLD) announced on ... government has conceded the case brought against it over Adani’s North Galilee Water Scheme — the plan to ...

8. IPC rejects Dendrobium coal mine expansion

   Water National parks in Australia Lock the Gate Alliance The New South Wales Independent Planning ... mine under Sydney’s main water catchment. This is despite the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and ... integrity of a vital drinking water source for the Macarther and Illawarra regions, the Wollondilly Shire ...

9. ‘Commercially viable’ Adani mine set to get billions in subsidies

   Climate crisis Environment Margaret Gleeson royality deal Coal corporate tax shield Water In spite ... 22 billion litres of water annually, a 90 kilometre private road (disputed by Adani), final void ...

10. Adani ramps up propaganda war, intimidation of activists

    Climate crisis Environment Margaret Gleeson Climate change Water Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional ... submitted.” Regarding allegations about the mine’s de-watering bores not meeting the guidelines, the ...

11. Farmers oppose Vickery coal mine expansion in the Liverpool Plains

    risks to water resources and agricultural land. The coal corporation’s application to expand its Vickery ... notably Boggabri Coal.  “Coal mining is already competing with agriculture for water in this district and ... in dry times, there won't be enough water in the Namoi district to supply the mine, she added. ...

12. Adani launches dangerous plan to give coal a ‘second life’

    in May. Photo: Alex Bainbridge Stop Adani campaign powers on Water activists win against Adani News ...

13. Great Barrier Reef protection plan report card gets an F

    Environment Margaret Gleeson Great Barrier Reef Reef Water Quality Protection Plan UNESCO ... Australian Academy of Science Magan-djin/Brisbane The Queensland government's Reef Water Quality ... to give the reef the clean water it needs to recover by 2025 — to meet this commitment they will need ...

14. Vickery coal mine: serial climate vandal given go-ahead to expand

    “allowing toxic blast fumes to drift over neighbouring properties, polluting air and water, illegal dumping ... of waste, stealing surface water, illegal clearing of bushland, and worker safety breaches”. ... Access Regulator over alleged water theft and workplace safety breaches and South East Forest Rescue over ...

15. New report confirms toxicity of coal-fired power stations

    emissions from stationary (stack) and fugitive to air, land and water of the NPI’s 93 listed toxic ...

16. Queensland farmers lose appeal against New Acland Coal

    mine still doesn't have an associated water licence or planning interest approvals, and we ... statement noted: “NAC can continue to seek their associated water licence, but we will fight them because ... the farmers need that water… “We have bucket loads of determination and a smorgasbord of options. ...

17. Adani’s Carmichael coal mine: a stranded asset?

    a cash-strapped Adani is the fact that the company has sought an extension of payment for its water licence.  The ... Guardian  reported on October 31 that the Queensland government has reissued Adani with a water licence that ... water modelling, Adani said it would only require 3.35 billion litres of water during the first year of ...

18. Wallarah 2 land clearing will threaten koala habitat

    where koalas have sought food, water and refuge from the Gospers Mountain fire that burned through Yengo ... irreversible damage to the region’s water supply. It received federal approval in January last year. The mine ...

19. People power the silver lining of bushfire crisis

    sausages, water and a barbecue, unions becoming collection points for assistance; and small businesses ... droughts and flooding (up from 78% in 2018); • 78% are concerned climate change will lead to water ... security, species extinction, water shortages, heat waves and the melting of the polar ice caps. Nearly ...

20. Residents protest Wallarah 2 coal mine

    others, Murawari and Budjiti man and Water for Rivers activist Bruce Shillingsworth, Coast Environmental ... Yarramalong valleys for more than 20 years. The area is an important part of the drinking water catchment that ... millions of litres of water out of the catchment each year. Wyong Coal, which is behind the project, is ...

21. Wallarah 2 coalmine goes to court

    change; flooding impacts; compensatory water; and risks to water supply for farmers in the region. ... Activists from the ACA described the significant impact the mine would have on water quality in an area. ... 1204 Activists from the ACA described the significant impact the mine would have on water quality in an ...

22. NSW election could decide fate of Wallarah 2 coalmine

    water catchment for more than 300,000 people. The proposed Wallarah 2 longwall coalmine threatens to ... take millions of litres of water out of the catchment each year and pollute local waterways. The mine ... unique case of a designated water catchment area.” His view was echoed by Labor leader Michael Daley, who ...

23. Will Australia have a gas and coal export-led COVID-19 recovery?

    Longwall coal mining approval threatens Sydney water catchment Mining profits shored up amid COVID-19 ...

24. Adani’s sinister accomplice

    that, “GHD is involved in a large number of engineering projects in Australia, including water ... water catchment. In a letter to the state government at the time, Nature Conservation Council chief ... executive Pepe Clarke and Save Our Water Catchment Areas's Peter Turner pointed out the clear conflict ...

25. Crunch time as movement to Stop Adani gears up

    Federal Court challenge to the federal government’s decision on the North Galilee Water Scheme sends that ... ignoring public submissions about Adani’s pipeline, which it needs to transport billions of litres of water ... Queensland’s groundwater.” Leading water scientists have told the MCG that Adani’s modelling is “flawed” and ...

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