Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels

Australia’s new national agency for environmental protection has approved its first coal project, allowing a Queensland open-cut mine to keep digging until 2055 while clearing threatened woodland and koala habitat.

In the back of opening of Betaloo Gas

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2026/sep/04/beetaloo-carbon-bomb-labor-cant-say-it-wasnt-warned

Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice

making it the world’s largest non-oil gas field outside the Middle East or Russia.

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  • ikt@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice

    It’s not a carbon bomb, this is a carbon bomb:

    Built for backup, contracted to run: Chinaʼs coal support system risks crowding out clean power

    August 2026

    New coal power plants entering operation in China reached the highest first-half year level since 2016, with 10 GW entering operation for every 1 GW retired, despite a policy shift towards tighter control of new project approvals. China commissioned 30 GW of new coal power, up 43% from last year, while retiring only 2.7 GW. Another 25.4 GW started construction.

    https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/2026-08/CREA_GEM_China_Coal power_H1 2026.pdf

    For reference:

    Australia currently has 22.5 gigawatts of coal fired capacity in the grid

    They built Australia’s entire coal fleet + 1/3rd MORE in the first half of 2026