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.

ABC News
NSW.BiodiversityDec 14, 2023

Groundwater biodiversity We should be careful about how much groundwater we extract.

https://theconversation.com/we-rely-heavily-on-groundwater-but-pumping-too-much-threatens-thousands-of-underground-species-218919
#biodiversity #ArtesianBasin #water

We rely heavily on groundwater – but pumping too much threatens thousands of underground species

What happens underground doesn’t stay underground. If we overexploit groundwater and kill off its species, we put surface species – including us – at risk.

The Conversation
SouNov 23, 2023

What an appalling notion. Glencore company proposes to poison Australia's Great Artesian Basin - arguably one of the most treasured natural wonders of the world..

"Environmentalists and farmers are hardening their resolve against a proposal to inject liquefied carbon dioxide into Australia's biggest underground fresh water reservoir."

#Pollution #WaterPollution #ArtesianBasin #Groundwater #Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-11-23/great-artesian-basin-carbon-capture-project-opposition/103080402

Opponents demand Glencore abandon Great Artesian Basin carbon storage plan

Environmentalists and farmers are hardening their resolve against a proposal to inject liquefied carbon dioxide into Australia's biggest underground fresh water reservoir.

ABC News