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ENDANGERED VULNERABLE NEAR THREATENED PROTECTED 60 SPECIES AT RISK FROM CARMICHAEL MINE 7 plant species Blue Devil 2 Hydrocotyle dipleur 2 Salt Pipewort 2 Waxy cabbage palm Spring Dropseed 2 Sporobolus partimpatens 2 Myriophyllum artesium 2 9 reptile species Green Turtle Hawksbill Turtle Flatback Turtle Loggerhead Turtle Striped-tailed Delma 1 Ornamental snake Brigalow scaly foot 1 Saltwater crocodile 1 Yakka Skink 1 Koala Coastal sheath-tailed bat 1 Dugong Indo-pacific humpback dolphin Humback whale 7 mammal species Snubfin dolphin Little pied bat 1 Likely to occur but not recorded during project surveys; 2 Indirect impacts, eg. due to loss of water flows in nearby rivers and springs; Source: Compiled from Carmichael Mine & Rail EIS and SEIS, and Terminal Zero EIS documents. Species are either: Nationally listed (EPBC Act) or Queensland listed (NC Act). 37 bird species Black- necked stork Eastern Osprey Black-tailed godwit 1 Australian Painted Snipe Fork-tailed swift 1 Caspian tern 1 Black throated finch (southern) Glossy ibis 1 Red-necked Stint Cattle egret 1 Beach stone curlew Latham’s snipe 1 Rufous fantail Common greenshank 1 Black- chinned honey-eater 1 Lewins Rail Satin flycatcher Cotton pygmy goose Marsh sandpiper 1 Sooty Oystercatcher Common sandpiper 1 Glossy black-cockatoo 1 Curlew sandpiper 1 Little Tern Pacific golden plover Sharp tailed sand piper Eastern Curlew Square-tailed kite 1 Rainbow bee-eater Whimbrel White-bellied sea-eagle 1 Eastern great egret Squatter pigeon (southern) Rajah Shelduck White- throated needletail 1 White-winged black tern Crested Tern www.greenpeace.org/australia/adani

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ENDANGERED VULNERABLE NEAR THREATENED PROTECTED

60 SPECIES AT RISK FROM CARMICHAEL MINE

7 plant species

Blue Devil2

Hydrocotyle dipleur2

Salt Pipewort2

Waxy cabbage

palm

Spring Dropseed2

Sporobolus partimpatens2

Myriophyllum artesium29 reptile species

Green Turtle Hawksbill Turtle

Flatback TurtleLoggerhead Turtle

Striped-tailed Delma1

Ornamental snake

Brigalow scaly foot1

Saltwater crocodile1

Yakka Skink1

KoalaCoastal

sheath-tailed bat1

Dugong

Indo-pacific humpback dolphin

Humback whale

7 mammal species

Snubfin dolphinLittle pied bat

1 Likely to occur but not recorded during project surveys; 2 Indirect impacts, eg. due to loss of water flows in nearby rivers and springs; Source: Compiled from Carmichael Mine & Rail EIS and SEIS, and Terminal Zero EIS documents. Species are either: Nationally listed (EPBC Act) or Queensland listed (NC Act).

37 bird species

Black-necked stork

Eastern Osprey

Black-tailed godwit1

Australian Painted Snipe

Fork-tailed swift1

Caspian tern1

Black throated finch (southern)

Glossy ibis1 Red-necked Stint

Cattle egret1

Beach stone curlew

Latham’s snipe1

Rufous fantail

Common greenshank1

Black- chinned honey-eater1

Lewins Rail

Satin flycatcher

Cotton pygmy goose

Marsh sandpiper1

Sooty Oystercatcher

Common sandpiper1

Glossy black-cockatoo1

Curlew sandpiper1

Little Tern

Pacific golden plover

Sharp tailed sand piper

Eastern Curlew

Square-tailed kite1

Rainbow bee-eater

Whimbrel White-bellied sea-eagle1

Eastern great egret

Squatter pigeon (southern)

Rajah Shelduck

White- throated needletail1

White-winged black tern

Crested Tern

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HOW HUGE IS CARMICHAEL MINE?

1 Area includes Sydney Harbour, North Harbour and Middle Harbour; Source: NSW Maritime, www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/docs/publications/harbour_stats.pdf 2 Adani (2013) Volume 2 - Mine Studies, Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project SEIS, 22 October 2013

Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour

Sydney Harbour

or 28,000ha2

Sydney Harbour1area of7x

6x open cut pit mines5x underground mines

open cut

mine

open cut

mine

open cut

mine

open cut

mine

open cut

mine

open cut

mine

under-groundmine

under-groundmine

under-groundmine

under-groundmine

under-groundmine

LARGEST COAL MINE IN AUSTRALIA

PROPOSED

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WATER USAGE FROM CARMICHAEL MINE

2 hrs (2.7 million litres)

= Enough water to fill an Olympic swimming pool

1 day (36.8 million litres)

1 year (12 billion litres)1

=

=

Enough water for one person

to have a shower

continuously, for 10 years2

1 Adani (2013) Report for Water Balance, Appendix K2, Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project SEIS, 22 October 2013; 2 Based on a three star rated water efficient showerhead using 6L per minute; Source: www.waterrating.gov.au/consumers/water-efficiency; 3 Based on 2014 population drinking 2L per day. Source: www.qgso.qld.gov.au/products/briefs/pop-growth-qld/qld-pop-counter.php

Enough drinking water for every Queenslander

for 3 years3

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Abbot Point 2012

174 vessels

Carmichael mine

600 vessels

EXTRA coal ships

through the

Great Barrier

Reef each year1

600

3 million m3 DREDGED AND DUMPEDinside the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

1 Based on a ship capacity of 100,000 DWT

REEF IMPACTS FROM CARMICHAEL MINE

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EMISSIONS FROM BURNING CARMICHAEL’S COAL

Australia’s passenger car emissions1

New Zealand’s fossil fuel

emissions2

3x

4x

1 Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector, were estimated to be 552.3 million tonnes (Mt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) in 2011. Passenger cars account for 41.9 Mt CO2-e; Source: National Inventory Report 2011;

2 OECD/IEA 2013. CO2 Emissions From Fuel Combustion 2013 edition.

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Moranbah

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1 Carmichael coal mine

Abbot Point

G R E A T

B A R R I E R

R E E F

X

2 New coal rail line (370km)

Q U E E N S L A N D

6 Dumping

3 Coal stockpiles

5 Dredging

7 Shipping

8 Export coal (60 million

tonnes)

4 Coal export terminal

MINE TO REEF