This Coal Mine Could Create More CO2 Emissions than Entire Countries

Australia’s Carmichael coal mine project has been under major scrutiny by large conservation groups and prominent Australians for months.  Now, progressive think tank the Australia Institute has found just how damaging the emissions from burning coal at the mine could really be.

The coal mine project, which is a backed by India’s Adani Enterprises and approved by the Australian government in October, has the potential to out-weigh annual emissions from entire cities and countries, according to a new report by the Australia Institute.  According to the report, Carmichael will emit 79 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year — more than the annual emissions from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and about equal to the average annual emissions from both Malaysia and Austria. The projects will also emit three times as much carbon dioxide equivalent per year as the city of New Delhi, six times as much as Amsterdam, and twice as much as Tokyo.

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