There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?
Pikachu face They not like us They don’t care about us
GHG emissions from the Project will contribute to climate change, with 98% of these emissions occurring in overseas jurisdictions where the product coal is consumed.
the Commission has imposed conditions intended to limit coal exports to jurisdictions that have policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
The Project’s domestic emissions have also been conditioned, including requirements for minimisation and offsets
So it’s an extension on an existing mine that is only allowed to sell to consumers that have agreed to reduce emissions? And the emissions that Australia will be responsible for is 2% of the project?
With renewables becoming a no brainer outside of steel production I’m surprised that they bothered applying. As long as they also pay their fair share of taxes and are paying their workers appropriately, this feels more like a Good luck kind of thing rather than betrayal per se.
I wonder who owns that coalmine? I thought it would be BlackRock or JP Morgan et al, but it may be worse than that.
Like, the final owner. It says “Glencore” (a Swiss multinational conglomerate) and “Yancoal” officially (DDG search), but look? Yancoal is owned by “Yankuang Energy Group”, which is owned by China.
China wants to mine in Australia, Swiss conglomerate has seconded (I’ve read the Swiss were masters of laundering money and tax evasion, is that still true?), and here we are.
Do this with similar news stories as you wish, even publicly available information can be interesting. Why doesn’t the story just say it was owned by China and Swiss conglomerate? Why do you have to look up owner after owner after owner after owner? The Guardian can look up ownership just like me, yeah?
I bet I know. I think if I could dig deep enough, I’d find that The Guardian is owned by China/Swiss conglomerate, just a few shell companies removed.
I have absolutely NO proof of this. But I do know that if I owned “Yangkuang Coal” and China was my “friend” and the sky is the limit on spending and all of that money is tax free in Switzerland conglomerate… am I being paranoid? Tell me if I’m paranoid and I’m being weird
Sorry for tangent, but the fact that they barely bother to hide it any longer is disturbing to me I wish they’d put a little more effort into coverup
Really trying to understand how such a system exists that statewide bodies in NSW and VIC have both overridden the local councils and allowed McDonald’s to put in restaurants in Newtown and Northcote respectively.
when i asked my MP (Labor) if we would go to war against Canada if the americans asked , he said maybe.
since when do local MPs answer foreign policy issues like that
and what does war and canada have to do with this?
Why stir up enmity and distrust in politicians?
Be fucked we would
The streets would fill with protestors
Just like the streets were filled with Palestine protests yet our government still contributes to a genocide.
Well they kinda have been
And I hate to admit this, but Australians who wouldn’t care too much about Palestine would about Canada.
Mate, how is a Labor MP expected to answer any question definitivly without a focus group test first?
Talk about unreasonable…
Minns is a cunt
I had low expectations of him, and yet he has still managed to disappoint me at every turn
He is a criminally corrupt traitor. The whole NSW party is as they chose him.
We’re just a plutocracy masquerading as democracy.
The greed in this world is sickening.
it’s a matter of scale
I expect people want nice clothes, a nice car, electronics, a nice home
is that greed? It’s not.
Me too, mate. It can be overbearing sometimes. We need to stand together, demand, and vote for a better future.
I agree. I also believe that younger people must get louder and focused on letting the political class know they’ve had enough of the crap that is going to make their future much more difficult (as well as the rest of the world’s). They are too polite, imv.
A short while ago I saw some news from France where High School students are rioting because of the decaying state of their education system and facilities. While I wouldn’t want young people to get so violent here, kids have a right to demand their country’s leaders (especially in a rich country like Australia) stop playing with their lives and that of even younger children for the sake of heartless and ruthless pragmatism.
I suggest young people enter politics, stand for election, join political parties, become more than protestors , participate in government at all levels
Left-wing parties are a safer bet but a lot of young people think the whole political system is compromised. Look for example at LEAN, the environment group in Labor. Their position is sidelined by the party bosses.
we need the coal mine to power the new EVs bought every 100 seconds
There’s a Tesla driving around in Brisbane with the number plate ‘COAL FED’. The owner is clearly a keen fan of irony. :)
There is a huge disconnect in people’s brains,
when was the last time you read or heard the phrase ‘fossil fuel’? it’s now electricity versus petrol, but they are both the same thing, both contribute to global climate change
so stop buying cars, all cars are built with plastics ( which are made with fossil fuels ) and steel and all cars are powered by fossil fuels
don’t buy cars, walk, ride bikes, catch mass transit
and stop paving the world , it causes global climate change, run off that causes flooding, and kills the soil
go plant a tree
There’s not a huge disconnect, there’s a lack of services. If I was to catch public transport to work it would take ~60 minutes, it’s a 12 minute drive. It’s currently not a practical option.
The huge disconnect is thinking electric cars are good/green
also, I suggest you choose to live closer to work,
Live closer to work? Than a 12 minute drive ? ? What?
Electric cars are not perfect, but are an improvement on internal combustion engines.
Also, electric cars cause traffic congestion and fatalities just the same as petrol ones.
we could always build a nuclear power station, but the building takes energy and resources
There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?
By supporting the young to find their voice and those of us who are older and are just as disgusted to raise our voices with them against the rot that has overtaken the world order (including here in Australia where we dance to the same tune).
What year is this?
Well, they’re allowing an existing coal mine to continue operating. It’s not good, but it’s not like they’re constructing a whole new coal mine.
Renewables are becoming economically superior, and like it or not the Australian government (at least under Labor) is doing a fair bit to push the country towards renewables at a steady pace. We’re even doing better than New Zealand.
Check it out: climateactiontracker.org
