Adani has passed its final environmental approval and can now begin work on its Carmichael mine in Central Queensland after nearly nine years of planning, fierce protests and endless political debate.
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| Adani Australia CEO Lucas Dow previously said they were ready to begin work as soon as the approval was given. |
Queensland's Environment Department this afternoon approved the mine's groundwater management plan, with construction at the Galilee Basin to ramp up over the coming weeks.
Over the past 18 months Adani had produced about a dozen versions of its groundwater management plan. Previous attempts failed to meet key environmental requirements, including a plan to avoid destroying one of the world's last unspoiled desert oases, the Doongmabulla Springs Complex.
Read the story from ABC News by Josh Bavas - “Adani mine gets final environmental approval for Carmichael mine.”
(It was climate emergency campaigner, Phillip Sutton, who told "Climate Conversations" that Australia, and the world, has no chance of, meeting its Paris commitments before even a shovel full of coal had been dug out of the Adani mine - Robert McLean)
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