Carmichael Mine first post-Paris test for Australia

The Paris Agreement is facing its first big test in Queensland, Australia, writes Justine Bell. After a long process beset by legal challenges, the massive Carmichael coal mine is inching closer to approval - which would open up the entire 250,000 sq.km Galilee basin and its 28 billion tonnes of coal to exploitation. Both state and federal governments have the power to ban it. But will they?

In the wake of the Paris Agreement, pressure has intensified on the Australian government to reject Adani's proposed Carmichael mine, which will be one of the biggest mines in the world.

Read the Ecologist story - “After COP21, Australia's moment in history: will it ban the Carmichael coal mine?”