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Information - BOWEN (QF1-26-074887)

Location: BOWEN -20.002453° latitude, 148.240233° longitude, grid square QG49CX89
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“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