Even as China and the United States, the world’s biggest energy guzzlers, move away from carbon-belching coal, Australia has shown it is hell-bent on mining it.
The federal government announced Thursday it had approved a proposal by Indian mining company Adani to build one of the world’s biggest coal mines in the northern state of Queensland.
The $12 billion Carmichael project involves an open-cut and underground mine covering an area five times the size of Sydney Harbor, making it the largest coal mine in Australia.
Up to 60 million metric tons of coal will be dug up and shipped out of Australia via the Great Barrier Reef every year if the project goes ahead.
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