-patrick- "China’s coal plant water grab - why it’s bad news for Australia" "In Australia, Shenhua are behind the Watermark coal mine proposed for the agricultural lands of the Liverpool Plains in north west NSW. Farmers there have raised concerns about the impact of the project on regional aquifers, and it seems likely to trigger the new section of the Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act, designed to protect water resources from coal mines and coal seam gas." ------ "Greenpeace has released an expose detailing an extraordinary “water grab” by the world’s biggest coal company, Chinese state-owned giant Shenhua Group. The culprit is a controversial coal-to-liquids plant the company is operating in Inner Mongolia. The report Thirsty Coal 2: Shenhua’s Water Grab is the second in a series exposing the water crisis being driven by coal development in China. This report echoes the issues raised by HSBC Global Research in their No Water, No Power report of September 2012. That report revealed that eleven Chinese provinces – which together produce 45 per cent of China’s GDP – are already water scarce, a problem being exacerbated by climate change. HSBC found that power, industry and coal mining were likely to be the sectors most affected by government measures to address the problem." Greenpeace - Thirsty Coal greenpeace.org/eastasia/Global/eastasia/publications/reports/climate-energy/2013/Thirsty%20Coal%202.pdf #Fracking #LockTheGate #NoCSG #stopmining #auspol #nswfarmers
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 04:45:52 +0000
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