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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