Adani coal mine: green groups fume over plan for $1b federal loan

A $2.2b rail link to the huge Carmichael project has gained conditional approval for commonwealth fundingThe environmental movement is up in arms over a move towards federal funding of up to $1b for a railway that will serve Adani’s proposed Queensland coal mine.A $2.2b rail link to Adani’s huge Carmichael mine in the untapped Galilee basin has gained conditional approval for a commonwealth loan, days before its billionaire promoter, Gautam Adani, is due to meet state and federal pol