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What are the environmental concerns of The Adani Carmichael Mine and Rail Project?

Great barrier reef is the world's largest coral reef system located off the coast of Queensland

The relation between the great barrier reef and ADANI project is basically -> Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s coal project got approved (in Queensland) -> Queensland is where The GBR is located -> The project will mine 10 mil tonnes of coal/year from the Galilee Basin -> build a 200-kilometres rail (called Carmichael Rail Network) connecting to an existing railway, before exporting the coal out of Adani’s port on the Queensland coast -> container ships pass through the GBR to India where they will burn the fossil fuels -> but the root cause of warmer oceans and damaged reefs are the burning of fossil fuels *forehead slap -> the company’s Australian chief said the project had “opportunity to be able to grow” to 60 million tonnes a year -> this makes it even harder to maintain the world's already hot temperature of 1.5°C.

But the no.1 concern from the people who actually cares for the future of the Reef is the prospect that the Adani mine will be just the first of five/six other coal mines that will look to exploitation in the Galilee Basin. Among those miners with interest is GVK Hancock which is owned by another Indian billionaire, GVK Reddy.

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Background Information

The Adani Carmichael Mine and Rail Project, located in Queensland, Australia, is managed by Bravus Mining & Resources, a subsidiary of the Adani Group. Initially approved in 2014, the project faced scaling back from 60 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes annual coal production due to financial hurdles. Construction began in 2019 with the first coal shipment exported by December 2021. The project has faced significant environmental and legal challenges, particularly concerning impacts on local water resources, endangered species, and greenhouse gas emissions. It has also been controversial for its economic benefits and use of taxpayer funding.

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-Protesters stated that Adani mining and burning coil is destroying the ancestral lands and waters.

-Draining 270 billion litres of groundwater.

-Risk damaging aquifiers of the Great Artesian Basin

-Releasing 4.6 billion tonnes of carbon pollution.

Protesters are worrying that Adani will potentially unlock one of the biggest untouched coal reserves in the world which will lead to at least 8 more coal mines to be built. Which will heavily impact the atmosphere.

Basically people hate Adani

Samsung will not be providing financial support to Adani as people are protesting against Samsung and other companies for doing so.

StopAdani is campaign has been effective on protesting against Adani. They organised marches and demonstrations against companies associated with Adani and the Carmichael project

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BRAVUS: Global energy transition Company

Part of the Adani Group

Leading the development of large-scale renewable energy (solar electricity and green hydrogen technologies) in India

1. What is the Adani Group's coal project.

The size of Victoria and contains one of the world's largest untapped deposits of thermal coal. The mine, which is proposed by Adani Mining (a subsidiary of India's Adani Group), is meant to be a keystone project for the Indian company's so-called "pit-to-plug" strategy of owning coal mines to feed its power plants in India.

The Bowen Basin has two-thirds of the state's coal reserve, including the higher value.

2. How many jobs would the Adani mine create?

Adani mentioned that they could make more than 1500 direct jobs on the mine and rail project.

About 6750 indirect jobs in samll towns

3. What's been the hold-up

They failed to find banks willing to support its plan for the $16.5 billion "mega mine"

There will be still 15 plans needing federal approvals

They also not done with the courts. Lawyers are fending off appreals against the mine by the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council.

4. What is happening now

Queensland has granted Adani most of what it needs to start building the mine.