In Australia, plans to tap a massive coal reserve collide with concerns about climate
OFF HAY POINT, Australia — The traffic is thick out here on a calm Coral Sea and, very soon, it may get worse. Much worse.
The horizon is marked by two dozen ship hulls, the high-riding freighters that wait for days to pick up coal at the looming Hay Point terminal. Just beyond are the invisible southern limits of the Great Barrier Reef marine preserve, among the seven natural wonders of the world.
As much of a warming world considers alternatives to coal, Australia embarked last year on one of the largest expansions of the industry in a generation. The Indian conglomerate Adani received approval to tap one of the world’s largest reserves of thermal coal, the kind that when burned in power plants releases carbon dioxide linked to climate change.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/in-australia-plans-to-tap-a-massive-coal-reserve-collide-with-concerns-about-climate/2020/02/10/1c2797f4-438d-11ea-b5fc-eefa848cde99_story.html
The horizon is marked by two dozen ship hulls, the high-riding freighters that wait for days to pick up coal at the looming Hay Point terminal. Just beyond are the invisible southern limits of the Great Barrier Reef marine preserve, among the seven natural wonders of the world.
As much of a warming world considers alternatives to coal, Australia embarked last year on one of the largest expansions of the industry in a generation. The Indian conglomerate Adani received approval to tap one of the world’s largest reserves of thermal coal, the kind that when burned in power plants releases carbon dioxide linked to climate change.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/in-australia-plans-to-tap-a-massive-coal-reserve-collide-with-concerns-about-climate/2020/02/10/1c2797f4-438d-11ea-b5fc-eefa848cde99_story.html
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