References for Queensland Coal Facts

Six Degrees has the dirt on coal in Queensland.

How much do you really know about the contribution of Queensland coal to global climate change? Some of these facts may surprise you.

We are the largest coal exporting state in the largest coal exporting country in the world.
In 2009, the state’s 52 coal mines produced a record 195 million tonnes of coal.
85% of Queensland’s coal production is exported, which means that the greenhouse gas emissions from this coal are not counted as Australian emissions.
The emissions generated by burning Queensland's coal globally produces more than 2.3 times the combined domestic emissions for the entire state, including power generation, transport, agriculture and industry.
The Queensland government has plans to more than double our coal exports by 2030.
Current expansion plans for Queensland coal exports will emit an additional 460 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere per year – equivalent to the annual emissions of 65 average coal-fired power stations.
The current expansion plans for Queensland coal will increase greenhouse gas emissions roughly equivalent to the total carbon dioxide emissions of Italy each year.
The 2010-2011 Queensland Budget, along with the current $700 million expansion of the coal industry, commits an extra $18 million for an "...exploration program to develop major new resource provinces". In comparison, it only provides $47 million for investment in renewable energy initiatives.
The Queensland Government has committed $20 billion of taxpayers’ money in a slush fund to meet the infrastructure needs of the Queensland coal industry until 2030.
The annual greenhouse gas reduction from changing 20 million 60- watt incandescent light bulbs to energy saving fluorescents is completely negated by the Queensland coal industry in 32 hours.
The Queensland government funds a clean coal propaganda campaign that specifically targets school children.
Queensland’s coal exports alone are roughly equal to those of Canada, the USA and China combined.
Australia emits 20.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person, the highest per capita level in the developed world, five times more per person than China and 18 times more per person than India.
The coal industry in Queensland only employs about 20,267 people – about 3,000 fewer than the number of people who work at Australian Target department.

The coal company Xstrata plans to turn the township of Wandoan into the largest open-cut coal mine in the southern hemisphere.
The coal port currently under construction at Wiggins Island will make Gladstone the second largest coal port in the world.
Farming land and nature refuges have no legal protection against proposed coal mines.

References for Queensland Coal Facts

Six Degrees has the dirt on coal in Queensland.

We are the largest coal exporting state in the largest coal exporting country in the world.

In 2009, the state’s 52 coal mines produced a record 195 million tonnes of coal.

85% of Queensland’s coal production is exported, which means that the greenhouse gas emissions from this coal are not counted as Australian emissions.

The emissions generated by burning Queensland's coal globally produces more than 2.3 times the combined domestic emissions for the entire state, including power generation, transport, agriculture and industry.

The Queensland government has plans to more than double our coal exports by 2030.

Current expansion plans for Queensland coal exports will emit an additional 460 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere per year – equivalent to the annual emissions of 65 average coal-fired power stations.

The current expansion plans for Queensland coal will increase greenhouse gas emissions roughly equivalent to the total carbon dioxide emissions of Italy each year.

The 2010-2011 Queensland Budget, along with the current $700 million expansion of the coal industry, commits an extra $18 million for an "...exploration program to develop major new resource provinces". In comparison, it only provides $47 million for investment in renewable energy initiatives.

The Queensland Government has committed $20 billion of taxpayers’ money in a slush fund to meet the infrastructure needs of the Queensland coal industry until 2030.

The annual greenhouse gas reduction from changing 20 million 60- watt incandescent light bulbs to energy saving fluorescents is completely negated by the Queensland coal industry in 32 hours.

The Queensland government funds a clean coal propaganda campaign that specifically targets school children.

Queensland’s coal exports alone are roughly equal to those of Canada, the USA and China combined.

Australia emits 20.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person, the highest per capita level in the developed world, five times more per person than China and 18 times more per person than India.

The coal industry in Queensland only employs about 20,267 people – about 3,000 fewer than the number of people who work at Australian Target department.

The coal company Xstrata plans to turn the township of Wandoan into the largest open-cut coal mine in the southern hemisphere.

The coal port currently under construction at Wiggins Island will make Gladstone the second largest coal port in the world.

Farming land and nature refuges have no legal protection against proposed coal mines.