The news last week that Australia’s oldest bank, Westpac, has withdrawn from any prospect of financing Adani’s Carmichael coal mine may well be the death knell for the controversial project. Westpac is…
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Adani’s controversial Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin has been granted an unlimited 60-year water licence. But a range of measures could help the industry use less freshwater.
Even though the setup of the Indian Adani Group draws scrutiny in developed countries like Australia, it’s common and makes sense in the context of emerging markets like India.
As Australia looks to expand the coal industry at home, it’s also ramping up regional diplomacy aimed at avoiding condemnation by those at the front line of climate change.
Queensland’s Supreme Court has backed the state government’s decision to approve the proposed Carmichael coal mine. But environmental groups have scored some key legal points on climate considerations.
Queensland’s planned new coal mine could impact the climate, the Great Barrier Reef, water, and local species. Yet still it has been declared as ‘critical infrastructure’ by the state government.
Can Australia achieve fair and open decision-making and a just and sustainable energy transition when big coal players are involved?
With the last major court case cleared, Adani is free to proceed with its Carmichael coal mine. But the business case is not looking good.
India is at a crossroads: how to bring electricity to millions of people without power, while also dealing with climate change?
More than half of the remaining habitat for Queensland’s southern black-throated finches is potentially subject to mining development. If these mines go ahead, it will be bad news for these birds.
Energy companies are realising that, in light of the Paris climate deal, the economics are starting to line up in favour of climate action, not against it.
Experts respond to the reapproval of Adani’s Carmichael mine.
Richard Di Natale, leader of The Greens, told the Q&A audience that India will no longer buying Australian coal but presenter Tony Jones said he thought that was wrong. We check the facts.
The government plans to change the law so green groups don’t automatically qualify to mount legal challenges against environmental approvals. That would make it much harder for green watchdogs to act.
The federal government want to stop green groups from using “lawfare”. But proposed changes threaten to seriously curtail public interest litigation in Australia.
The Federal Court’s decision to overturn the Adani Group’s federal environmental approval to build the A$16 billion Carmichael coal mine in Queensland highlights policy issues that have a significance…
The court decision to halt the Carmichael mine is a setback for Indian billionaire Gautam Adani - but does he really need the coal mine at all?
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Director, Tas Law Reform Institue / Associate Professor, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
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University of Southern Queensland
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Lecturer in Conservation, The University of Queensland
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Academic position - Research Associate at the Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, The University of Melbourne
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Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
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Cynthia Mitchell is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Sustainability, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate, Conservation Science, The University of Queensland