Australia🇦🇺 : Federal Environment Minister approved today 3 new thermal coal mines locking in about 1.5 billion tonnes of lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, will destroy long term underground #water for nearby farms, destroy endangered #Koala habitat, and is an insult to Gomeroi First Nation #Indigenous traditions and culture.:

▪️ Ravensworth Underground
▪️ Narrabri Underground Stage 3 Extension
▪️ Mount Pleasant

#Auspol #ClimateCrisis #Coal #FossilFuels #ClimateDiary

Lock the Gate presser:
https://www.lockthegate.org.au/plibersek_approves_three_vast_thermal_coal_mine_expansions_damning_water_climate_and_koalas