Patricia Julien
There are around eighty coal mines in the Bowen Basin with more to come at a time when scientists are telling us we face the loss of the Great Barrier Reef and the collapse of marine ecosystems due to acidification impacts if we continue to pump more CO2 into the atmosphere...
The regional development planning group I sit on to represent the environment keeps postponing meetings, because things keep changing so fast.
We have not met for many months. Community consultation on the mines and other developments has mostly deteriorated to a 'check the box' exercise. EPA is understaffed and under-resourced.
Central Queensland - or should I call it 'Coal Land' - has given much and received little back from this mineral exploitation. Enough is enough. Greed is not always good!
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