Mojo ♻️Jul 30, 2024

A court case over a plan to store carbon in the #GreatArtesianBasin aquifer is off after an agreement was reached. The federal government and #Glencore were to face #AgForce in Federal Court over the #carboncapture scheme blocked by a #Queensland government ban. AgForce now aims for policy change at the federal level. Bravo Queensland Premier #stevemiles #auspol #DriestcontinentonEarth #water #WaterConvention

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-29/agforce-great-artesian-basin-court-case-vacated/104154840?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web

Court case over Glencore's Great Artesian Basin carbon capture storage plan ends

The Queensland farming group that challenged the federal government in court says all parties, including mining giant Glencore, have agreed to terms to end the legal proceedings.

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Peter RileyMar 6, 2024

#Capitalism plundering and polluting the planet; regardless of the human, social and environmental consequences.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-07/agforce-nff-oppose-glencore-great-artesian-basin-ccs-trial/103501062

#FirstNations #waterislife
#Glencore #FossilFuels #CarbonCaptureStorage #ArtesianBasin
#Agforce #nff

AgForce, National Farmers' Federation oppose Glencore's Great Artesian Basin carbon capture storage trial

The Great Artesian Basin generates about $13 billion of product and supplies water to hundreds of towns, but a big coal company wants to store waste CO2 in it.

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