adani's carmichael mine
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ENDANGERED VULNERABLE NEAR THREATENED PROTECTED
60 SPECIES AT RISK FROM CARMICHAEL MINE
7 plant species
Blue Devil2
Hydrocotyle dipleur2
Salt Pipewort2
Waxy cabbage
palm
Spring Dropseed2
Sporobolus partimpatens2
Myriophyllum artesium29 reptile species
Green Turtle Hawksbill Turtle
Flatback TurtleLoggerhead Turtle
Striped-tailed Delma1
Ornamental snake
Brigalow scaly foot1
Saltwater crocodile1
Yakka Skink1
KoalaCoastal
sheath-tailed bat1
Dugong
Indo-pacific humpback dolphin
Humback whale
7 mammal species
Snubfin dolphinLittle pied bat
1 Likely to occur but not recorded during project surveys; 2 Indirect impacts, eg. due to loss of water flows in nearby rivers and springs; Source: Compiled from Carmichael Mine & Rail EIS and SEIS, and Terminal Zero EIS documents. Species are either: Nationally listed (EPBC Act) or Queensland listed (NC Act).
37 bird species
Black-necked stork
Eastern Osprey
Black-tailed godwit1
Australian Painted Snipe
Fork-tailed swift1
Caspian tern1
Black throated finch (southern)
Glossy ibis1 Red-necked Stint
Cattle egret1
Beach stone curlew
Latham’s snipe1
Rufous fantail
Common greenshank1
Black- chinned honey-eater1
Lewins Rail
Satin flycatcher
Cotton pygmy goose
Marsh sandpiper1
Sooty Oystercatcher
Common sandpiper1
Glossy black-cockatoo1
Curlew sandpiper1
Little Tern
Pacific golden plover
Sharp tailed sand piper
Eastern Curlew
Square-tailed kite1
Rainbow bee-eater
Whimbrel White-bellied sea-eagle1
Eastern great egret
Squatter pigeon (southern)
Rajah Shelduck
White- throated needletail1
White-winged black tern
Crested Tern
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HOW HUGE IS CARMICHAEL MINE?
1 Area includes Sydney Harbour, North Harbour and Middle Harbour; Source: NSW Maritime, www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/docs/publications/harbour_stats.pdf 2 Adani (2013) Volume 2 - Mine Studies, Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project SEIS, 22 October 2013
Sydney Harbour
Sydney Harbour
Sydney Harbour
Sydney Harbour
Sydney Harbour
Sydney Harbour
Sydney Harbour
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LARGEST COAL MINE IN AUSTRALIA
PROPOSED
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WATER USAGE FROM CARMICHAEL MINE
2 hrs (2.7 million litres)
= Enough water to fill an Olympic swimming pool
1 day (36.8 million litres)
1 year (12 billion litres)1
=
=
Enough water for one person
to have a shower
continuously, for 10 years2
1 Adani (2013) Report for Water Balance, Appendix K2, Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project SEIS, 22 October 2013; 2 Based on a three star rated water efficient showerhead using 6L per minute; Source: www.waterrating.gov.au/consumers/water-efficiency; 3 Based on 2014 population drinking 2L per day. Source: www.qgso.qld.gov.au/products/briefs/pop-growth-qld/qld-pop-counter.php
Enough drinking water for every Queenslander
for 3 years3
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Abbot Point 2012
174 vessels
Carmichael mine
600 vessels
EXTRA coal ships
through the
Great Barrier
Reef each year1
600
3 million m3 DREDGED AND DUMPEDinside the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
1 Based on a ship capacity of 100,000 DWT
REEF IMPACTS FROM CARMICHAEL MINE
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EMISSIONS FROM BURNING CARMICHAEL’S COAL
Australia’s passenger car emissions1
New Zealand’s fossil fuel
emissions2
3x
4x
1 Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector, were estimated to be 552.3 million tonnes (Mt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) in 2011. Passenger cars account for 41.9 Mt CO2-e; Source: National Inventory Report 2011;
2 OECD/IEA 2013. CO2 Emissions From Fuel Combustion 2013 edition.
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