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Stop Adani protest in Brisbane on 8 December 2018

“If built, Adani’s Carmichael mine will: One: Destroy the ancestral lands, waters and cultures of Indigenous people without their consent. Two: Allow 500 more coal ships to travel through the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area every year for 60 years. Three: Get access to 270 billion litres of Queensland's precious groundwater for 60 years, for free. Four: Risk damaging aquifers of the Great Artesian Basin. Five: Add 4.6 billion tonnes of carbon pollution to our atmosphere.” <a href="https://www.stopadani.com/why_stop_adani" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.stopadani.com/why_stop_adani</a>

1. StopAdani and move Australia beyond coal

“Critically, if allowed to go ahead, Adani’s Carmichael coal mine will unlock the Galilee Basin - one of the world's largest untouched coal reserves - paving the way for at least eight more coal mines to be built. All at a time when scientists are warning we can't build any more fossil fuel infrastructure if we want to avoid catastrophic global heating.” <a href="https://www.stopadani.com/why_stop_adani" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.stopadani.com/why_stop_adani</a>

“Diplomatic officials from countries that I speak with see Australia as a denialist government,” he said. “It’s just accepted that’s what it is. It is seen as doing its own promotion of coal and natural gas against the science.” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian-government-seen-globally-as-climate-denialist-un-summit-observers-say" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian...</a>

“On top of commitments from Australia's big four banks, another 35 financial institutions have ruled out investing in Adani, including four of the world’s biggest banks.” <a href="https://www.stopadani.com/stop_adani_money" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.stopadani.com/stop_adani_money</a>

“When the Federal LNP Government announced a billion-dollar taxpayer handout to help Adani build their coal rail line, our movement swung into action.” “we succeeded: our sustained pressure pushed the new Queensland government to veto the $1 billion loan to Adani’s coal rail project in December.” <a href="https://www.stopadani.com/stopped_the_naif_loan" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.stopadani.com/stopped_the_naif_loan</a>

“Greenhouse gas emissions have been rising in Australia since the Coalition repealed Labor’s carbon price despite the country’s commitments to reduce pollution under the Paris agreement. Total national emissions have increased each year since 2014.” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/morrison-responds-to-greta-thunberg-speech-by-warning-children-against-needless-climate-anxiety" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/morrison-r...</a>

“Scott Morrison is increasingly seen as running a “denialist government” that is not serious about finding a global climate solution and uses “greenwash” to meet its emissions commitments, analysts and former diplomats say.” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian-government-seen-globally-as-climate-denialist-un-summit-observers-say" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian...</a>

“Richie Merzian, a former climate diplomat who now works at progressive thinktank the Australian Institute, said Australia was seen by other countries as denying the severity of the problem and in engaging in “greenwashing” by using accounting tricks to meet targets while actual emissions increased.” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian-government-seen-globally-as-climate-denialist-un-summit-observers-say" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian...</a>

“A report backed by the world’s major climate science bodies released on the eve of the summit found current plans would lead to a rise in average global temperatures of between 2.9C and 3.4C by 2100, a shift likely to bring catastrophic change across the globe.” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian-government-seen-globally-as-climate-denialist-un-summit-observers-say" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian...</a>

Critical News Update 21 July 2021 : Great Barrier Reef could soon be listed as ‘in danger’ by the World Heritage Committee. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/21/coalition-believes-it-has-numbers-to-stop-great-barrier-reef-being-listed-as-in-danger" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/21/coalition-bel...</a> Critical News Update 23 July 2021 :