This covers: Summary – Coal mines and groundwater – Protecting Bundaberg groundwater from seawater intrusion since 1970 – Effects of a coal mine: cutting off and reversing waterflows – Recycling mining water is not an option – Granting MDL 3040 will lead to serious economic and social damage – What you can do to oppose this mine
This covers: Area covered – About Fox Resources Ltd – Recent exploration – Other stakeholders – An MDL allows – Promoting the Project – Wider effects – Next step for Fox
This covers: A coal mine near Moore Park Beach – Threats to Moore Park Beach residents – Effects of this proposed open-cut coal mine – Coal dust and health – Silt and water pollution from coal mining – What you can do to help stop MDL 3040 from being granted
This covers: Introduction — Current Heavy Industries — Price of Electricity needed — Cost of Renewable Electricity are coming down fast — Advantages of Gladstone — Current Developments — Bringing the Parties together – and what we can do. Find the related video for this factsheet at https://youtu.be/TTldLA5yVNs
This covers: Introduction — The latest developments — Financial forces — Benefits from low cost electricity — Who is investing — who opposes transition — Conclusion.
Australia could lead the world in producing the components of low-carbon industrialisation:
aluminium, steel, cement, silicon, lithium and rare earth minerals, with value-adding
processing before exports to enhance Australian investment and employment.
This report explores how the country can both decarbonise and grow heavy industry with a
focus on Gladstone, Queensland.
This covers: Background – Potential water
supplies – Assessment process – Water demand from coal mines – Complications – Mine-owned Dams – Underground sources – Water bores in the Surat are running dry – Ground Water Dependent Ecosystems – What you can do
This covers: Last year it was gas – Now it is coal – The story so far – Our Bundy campaign – The regional Planning Interest Act – A state-wide campaign – What you can do? – Signing on is important
You can check out the older part of our Repower Gladstone program here - (www.repowergladstone.com.au or click on the heading) - there are lots of factsheets and resources about Transitioning away from Fossil fuels and details of our previous work on moving Gladstone away from a fossil fuel based economy.