Adani wants your money for its dirty mine
Adani is currently in private negotiations with the Queensland Government to secure a royalty holiday so they can afford to build their mega coal mine in the Galilee Basin.
The deal could extend until the mine is profitable, which most financial analysts think it will never be. In documents disclosed under Freedom of Information laws, Queensland Treasury officials described the Adani mine as “unbankable”. At stake is up to $700 million in royalties that should be used to fund Queensland’s firefighters, schools, hospitals and roads.
The government has set itself a deadline of November 30 to make a decision but Queenslanders may never know the details. Both Adani and the government are refusing to divulge information about the secret agreement, citing commercial in confidence.
Read moreI agree with Mark Butler
Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Mark Butler, says the Adani coal mine or any new coal mines in the Galilee Basin make no sense. He says that the world is shifting to renewable energy to prevent air pollution, to protect our planet from climate change and to save money. Please sign our petition calling on Bill Shorten to adopt a policy that no new thermal coal mines will be opened in the Galilee Basin under a future ALP government.
Dear Mr Shorten
I live in regional Queensland and I agree with your Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Mark Butler, that no new thermal coal mines should be opened in the Galilee Basin. I am concerned about the impact of new coal mines on the world's climate. That will cause further damage to the Great Barrier Reef, the precious wetlands near Adani's mine, water for farmers and towns and put vulnerable wildlife at risk. New mines make no sense at a time when the world is rapidly shifting towards renewable energy. Like Mr Butler says, renewable energy is less polluting and cheaper than new coal fired power.
I ask your party to adopt a policy that under a future Labor government, no new thermal coal mines will be opened in the Galilee Basin, including Adani's Carmichael megamine proposal.
100% renewable energy petition
North Queensland can become a renewable energy hot spot with the right government policies
Around the globe countries are shifting their energy production to become far less dependent on fossil fuels. Sweden has a policy to become the world's first 100% fossil fuel free nation. New Zealand will stop burning coal to make electricity in 2018. Australia can have 100% clean energy too.
If we are going to have any chance of preventing runaway climate change we must end our production of greenhouse gases almost immediately. The choice is clear, either act now or make our planet uninhabitable.
Let Malcolm Turnbull know that you want him to take advice from climate scientists not the climate deniers in his party room.