A group of independent candidates for this month’s federal elections in Australia have vowed that, if elected, they would use their influence to stop the Indian energy giant Adani’s billion-dollar controversial coal mine in Queensland as part of their climate change action.
Businessman Gautam Adani-led Adani Group entered Australia in 2010 with the purchase of the greenfield Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin in central Queensland, and the Abbot Point port near Bowen in the north.
The massive coal mine in Queensland state has been a controversial topic, with the project expected to produce 2.3 billion tonnes of low-quality coal.
