Article 5EQ4S Clive Palmer coalmine near Great Barrier Reef must be blocked, conservationists say

Clive Palmer coalmine near Great Barrier Reef must be blocked, conservationists say

by
Graham Readfearn
from Environment | The Guardian on (#5EQ4S)

The Queensland government has allowed the Central Queensland Coal project to move to the assessment stage

Conservationists are urging the Queensland government to block plans by Clive Palmer to build a major coalmine 10km from the waters of the Great Barrier Reef after the proposal moved to a decisive stage of environmental assessment.

Palmer's Central Queensland Coal project would mine 10m tonnes of coal a year for 18 years to be used in power plants and steelmaking from two open-cut pits north of Rockhampton.

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