14-10-2016 05:17 via theguardian.com

We should be putting the brake on the Carmichael coalmine, not hitting the accelerator | Graham Readfearn

The Paris climate deal should be a signal to cut fossil fuel use, rather than an excuse to mine more coalThe Queensland government is now slamming its foot down on the accelerator to help a private company build the biggest coalmine Australia has ever seen.“We can see the end of the tunnel and now we are accelerating towards it,” the state’s mining minister, Anthony Lynham, said. Continue reading...
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