“A study of one abandoned coal exploration borehole in a Queensland paddock has found it was leaking the same amount of greenhouse gases in a year as about 10,000 cars – and there could be thousands more just like it.”

Now multiply that by 130,000 other coal exploration boreholes in Queensland.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/03/abandoned-queensland-coal-borehole-found-to-be-emitting-10000-cars-worth-of-greenhouse-gas

#CoalKills #ClimateEmergency #climatecrisis #GreenhouseGasEmissions #qldpol #Auspol #Queensland
#QueenslandCoal #SuratBasin #BowenBasin #BowenQld #Bowen #Surat

Abandoned Queensland coal borehole found to be emitting 10,000 cars’ worth of greenhouse gas

The hole – about 100 metres deep – was not visible from the surface – and there could be thousands more like it

The Guardian

Queensland Land Court begins hearing conservation group challenge against proposed $1 billion coal mine

A legal challenge by conservation groups to stop one of Australia’s largest proposed greenfield coal projects in Queensland’s…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #bowenbasin #Climatechange #coalmining #environment #Humanrights #Landcourt #legalchallenge #moranbah #qld #Queensland #whitehavencoal
https://www.newsbeep.com/10678/

Flugzeug-gestützte Luftmessungen im australischen #BowenBasin, geplant und durchgeführt von der Universität Bremen und Airborne Research Australia liefern präzise Daten zu #Methanemissionen aus #Kohlebergwerken. Die Erkenntnisse vertiefen das Verständnis der Umweltauswirkungen des Kohleabbaus. https://www.uni-bremen.de/universitaet/hochschulkommunikation-und-marketing/aktuelle-meldungen/detailansicht/australiens-kohlebergbau-einblicke-in-methanemissionen
Australiens Kohlebergbau: Einblicke in Methanemissionen

Flugzeug-gestützte Luftmessungen im australischen Bowen Basin, geplant und durchgeführt von der Universität Bremen und Airborne Research Australia liefern präzise Daten zu Methanemissionen aus Kohlebergwerken. Die Erkenntnisse vertiefen das Verständnis der Umweltauswirkungen des Kohleabbaus.

Lake Vermont Coal mine in the Bowen Basin of Central Queensland : approval given for an open-cut extension to June 2063 under the EPBC Act by Labor’s Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.

Australia digging the hole deeper adding to the #ClimateCrisis
#auspol #coal #FossilFuels #BowenBasin #TanyaPlibersek