Carmichaels coal will be exported to India from Queensland. But Indias clean energy industry is already booming we dont need your coal
Here are little known facts about coal: its use is responsible for 400,000 premature deaths per year globally, and many more illnesses. In India, coal contributes to between 80,000 to 115,000 premature deaths and 20m new asthma cases annually. It is also responsible for around 40% of the greenhouse gas emissions that are dramatically changing the worlds climate and impoverishing millions of people.
This, however, did not stop Tony Abbott from glossing over these costs when he declared recently that coal is good for humanity, nor did it stop environment minister Greg Hunt from saying that coal will lift millions in the developing world out of energy poverty.