Coal Expansions in Queensland.
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Billionaire mining companies like BHP and Glencore want to dig up more than 5 billion tonnes of coal from Queensland - threatening precious groundwater, farmland, and our climate. Regional communities are standing up and saying no to this destruction. Will you support them?
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Proposed Expansions
28
Total Coal
5.5 billion t
Total Pollution
14 billion t
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Queensland can’t meet climate goals – and neither can Australia or the globe – if these mines go ahead. The Qld Premier and Ministers have the power to stop them.
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It's time to act
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There are 28 expansions proposed in Queensland, these are just 13 of the biggest, baddest and most damaging coal proposals.
The biggest expansions
Dangerous Operators
Hurting Farmland
Peak Downs – BHP & Mitsubishi (BMA)
3 billion tonnes of pollution
Polluting for 93 years to 2116
The biggest single coal expansion in Australia which would clear 2,108 hectares of koala habitat.
The project will also divert local creeks and draw down regional groundwater sources.
The project shows that BHP’s climate transition plan is total greenwash.
Winchester South – Whitehaven
607 million tonnes of pollution
Polluting to 2051
One of the biggest new greenfield coal mines in the world.
Winchester South will clear 570 hectares or 300 Gabba sized sporting fields worth of remnant native vegetation, including important habitat for endangered koalas.
Baralaba South – ACMI
99 million tonnes of pollution
Polluting to 2052
Opposed by local farmers and Traditional Owners due to risk of depleting water, destroying farmland and potentially permanently contaminating drinking water for local communities.
Blackwater South – Whitehaven
640 million tonnes of pollution
Polluting to the year 2119
Blackwater South would clear over 6,500 hectares of koala habitat, more than 3,200 MCG sized football fields.
Blackwater North – Whitehaven
200 million tonnes of pollution
Polluting to 2085
Blackwater North coal mine would destroy important habitat for threatened species.
Kestrel West – EMR/Adaro
324 million tonnes of pollution
Polluting to 2050
Kestrel is one of the world’s largest underground coal mines situated in Qld’s Central Highlands agricultural area.
The expansion plan to clear 4,330 hectares.
The expansion has been made financially viable by a $37 million taxpayer funded handout from the Albanese Government.
Caval Ridge – BHP & Mitsubishi (BMA)
438 million tonnes of pollution
Polluting to 2056
This expansion will extend the footprint of the mine by hundreds of hectares of threatened species habitat.
Mine water would also impact critical turtle habitat.
Rolleston – Glencore
82 million tonnes of pollution
Polluting to 2040
Glencore breached rehabilitation requirements and is hoping to avoid proper rehabilitation by extending its mine, clearing precious koala habitat in the process.
Bundaberg Coal Mine – Fox
133 million tonnes of coal to be extracted, no estimate of emissions
No public disclosure
7,926 hectares of Prime Agricultural land with significant risks to critical water resources that support local farming and local jobs.
Saraji East & Saraji Grevillea – BHP & Mitsubishi (BMA)
At least 302 million tonnes of pollution (no estimate for Grevillea)
Polluting to 2045 and 2055 respectively
1160 ha of koala habitat, equivalent to over 500 MCG sized football fields.
748 hectares of habitat for the greater glider.
BMA’s surveys recorded 18 greater gliders within and directly adjacent to the project disturbance footprint.
Hail Creek – Glencore
No information yet available
Hail Creek Open Cut coal mine is one of the most polluting methane emitting mines on the planet.
It is estimated to emit 20% of Australia’s methane emissions from coal mining, while accounting for just 1% of Australian coal production.
The extension edges dangerously close to Widi cultural water sites.
It will clear 600ha of habitat for koala and other threatened species.
Ensham - Sunjela
37 million tonnes of pollution
Polluting to 2037
The Queensland Land Court recommended rejecting the Ensham coal expansion due to significant climate pollution.
The expansion overlaps with cropping land in Queensland’s central highlands farming region.
Gemini Mine – Magnetic South
63 million tonnes of pollution
Polluting to 2043
Threatens farmland and important habitat for endangered wallabies, koalas and greater gliders, near the sacred Blackdown Tablelands National Park.