It is almost as if the world eats Australian coal.
Just goes to show the power of fossil fools & mining lobby on Australian
politics.
“Of particular immediate concern Greenpeace’s Hepburn said is the
Australian government’s decision expected within a month on whether to
approve the world’s largest coal port located in the World Heritage Area at
Abbot Point in Queensland. The facility is likely to see a six-fold increase
in coal port capacity.
Hepburn said the campaign wouldn’t put existing jobs at risk and instead
aims to slow the rapidly expanding sector so that foreign workers wouldn’t
have to be hired for the planned mine expansions.
But Australian Trade Minister Craig Emerson warned
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Greenpeace_targets_Australia_mining_999.html Craig Emerson warned that there would be a global depression if
Australia’s coal mining were to slow down.
“It would mean mass starvation. It would be a global depression and they
ought to wake up to that instead of living in a fantasy land and organizing
these sorts of campaigns” he told the
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Greenpeace_targets_Australia_mining_999.html Australian Broadcasting Corp.”