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Late 19th century coal mine architecture.
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The station building is richly decorated, with a landing and large overhanging roof with chalet-style wood ornaments, constructed from approximately 300,000 bricks with distinctive horizontal patterns. The name "Rijksmijn Baron 1898" is placed above the door. Next to the station building is a 22 meter high chimney and an enormous shaft tower with the characteristic large wheels for the mine lift.
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Baron 1898 (Est. 2015) - a dive coaster in which visitors take a perpendicular free fall. The attraction is themed as a late nineteenth century coal mine as in the Limburg Mining Region, but in the story, and of course for the Efteling, told to be a gold mine. The name Baron 1898 refers to the background story of the saga of the Witte Wieven, in which a greedy mining baron, Gustave Hooghmoed, has found a gold vein and wants to extract as much gold as possible from the ground. However, the fertile soil is protected by the Witte Wieven.
Photo November 2018, Efteling (May 31, 1952) after 66 years in time.
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Efteling - Baron 1898
Efteling (Est. 1952) - one of the oldest theme parks in the world. A very popular full-sized fantasy-themed amusement park with many attractions and a wide array of amusement rides that reflect elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore.
Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efteling.
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Photo - Richard Poppelaars.
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Aldridge, and neighbouring Walsall Wood, on the northern edge of the Black Country conurbation, contained elements of the South Staffordshire coalfield and the associated marl beds that made good quality tiles and bricks such as the famous Staffordshire Blue engineering bricks. This advert from the mid-1920s shows the range that the Aldridge Colliery's brick and tile works made and shows, as one does, a picture of the 'marl hole'. The geology of this area is still being worked for brick making although deep coal mining ceased many years ago.
Poids en ordre de marche CE : 20 600 kg
Largeur de fraisage : 1 500 mm
Profondeur de fraisage max. : 320 mm
Travaux sur le réseau d'eau potable rue de Saurupt à Nancy.
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Nancy (54000)
Quartier : Nancy Sud
Adresse : rue de Saurupt
Durée des travaux : février 2025 → mai 2025
The Miners' Welfare Fund was set up under the Mining Industry Act of 1920 to be applied to "purposes connected with the social well-being, recreation and conditions of living of workers in or about coal mines" and it was funded by a levy on output and royalties that varied at various times. In 1939 a change occurred in that the basic levy per ton of output was raised from ½d per ton to 1d and the work of the Fund was transferred to the new Commission from the old Committee. The Committee's work was organised by District Committees, based on the important coalfields and that included representatives of both owners and workers. One of the most important works delivered by the Fund was the construction of pithead baths at collieries; this was to improve the working conditions of miners as well as of their domestic circumstances, saving a miner at the end of their shift having to return home, often to unsatisfactory housing, to bathe and clean clothes. The Fund also provided canteens at collieries, cycle stores and also provided a great number of recreational schemes such as club rooms, sports grounds and playgrounds. To give an indication of the scale of the latter this took 54% of the Fund since 1921 that amounted to nearly £6,000,000.
The Annual Reports are usually organised to give a description of works undertaken by each District's Committee and these are often illustrated. The buildings, such as pithead baths, were often strikingly 'moderne' in appearance to help bolster an image of an industry modernising at a time when much of it was in decline. But these were important buildings that deserved to be local landmarks as they had such an impact on working lives.
The work of the Commission and the District funds was rolled into the newly Nationalised industry when the post-war Labour Government created the National Coal Board in 1947. Interestingly the architecturally 'modern' look was often continued at reconstructed collieries and new sinkings.
These photographs show works at the following collieries in the Lancashire coalfield. The pithead baths at Sandhole Colliery that catered for a workforce of 1,392 men. Sandhole, also known as Bridgewater, Colliery was situated in Worsley and sinking had begun in 1865 and during WW2 one of the shafts was deepened. The colliery closed in 1962.
Lyme Colliery baths included separate facilities for a Womens' Canteen and Rest Room, an important reminder of womens involvement in coal production in such tasks as sorting or grading of coal at pitheads. Sinking at Lyme Colliery, at Haydock, began in 1880 but it was not until 1922 that coal was first wound here. The colliery closed in 1964. Lea Green Colliery in St. Helens was first in production in around 1879 but after acquisition by the Sutton Heath & Lea Green Collieries Co Ltd in the 1890s it appears new shafts were sunk to better facilitate the workings. Production ceased in 1964.
03.08.2016
"Koło już z dachem"
Zdjęcie z poziomu górnego koła kierowniczego jednej z najbardziej rozpoznawalnych wież wyciągowych na Śląsku, czyli wieży szybu Warszawa II KWK Katowice. Popularność wieża zawdzięcza swojej lokalizacji w centrum Katowic na terenie Muzeum Śląskiego oraz nowej funkcji wieży widokowej. W zeszłym roku wieża otrzymała także nowe zadaszenie (na fotografii wcześniej wieża w trakcie rozpoczynania prac).
Remains of Jan Kanty colliery in Jaworzno. Pitheads Witold I and Witold II in the background.
Pozostałości KWK Jan Kanty w Jaworznie. Na pierwszym planie szyb Witold I z wieżą o konstrukcji jednozastrzałowej. W tle wydobywczy szyb Witold II z wieżą typu basztowego.
Szyb Witold I z bliska | Close view of shaft Witold I
From the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers Transactions 1873-4.
In the discussion it seems about ten seconds per deck was saved, unloading and reloading with empties. Don't think it ever caught on, too complicated, all goes pear shaped if just a tub comes off the track.
The ventilation shaft of Rydułtowy coal mine, built in 1853.
Peryferyjny szyb Kopalni Węgla Kamiennego Rydułtowy, zlokalizowany tuż obok tunelu kolejowego linii łączącej Katowice z Raciborzem. Szyb dziś posiada funkcję wentylacyjną, a zjazdy nim się nie odbywają, o czym świadczy chociażby brak lin. Szyb został zgłębiony i uruchomiony w latach 1851 - 1853. Jego nazwa pochodzi od nazwiska królewskiego radcy górniczego. Obecnie obiektami szybu jest piękna, jednozastrzałowa wieża wyciągowa, zabytkowe budynki nadszybia, maszynowni i rozdzielni elektrycznej oraz nowsza stacja wentylatorów z dyfuzorami. Szyb jest położony w miejscowości Czernica, pośród pól i zarośli, co czyni go niezwykle malowniczym.
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SägezahnLine an altem Industriegebäude der Zeche Ewald in Herten/W., Germany
Architektur für die Ewigkeit
Dziś mijają 42 lata od tragicznej pacyfikacji strajku górników w Kopalni Węgla Kamiennego Wujek. 16 grudnia 1981 roku jest jedną z najtragiczniejszych dat w historii powojennej Polski. Wobec wprowadzenia stanu wojennego w kraju zaczął rosnąć opór społeczny i rozpoczęły się liczne strajki. Solidarni z innymi zakładami pracy, Górnicy z Kopalni Wujek również zdecydowali się na ten krok. Do strajkujących Górników Kopalni oddziały ZOMO oddały strzały z pistoletów maszynowych, siłowo tłumiąc strajk, wskutek czego 9 z nich straciło życie. Wydarzenia, jakie rozegrały się w Kopalni stanowiły jedną z cegiełek, które zbudowały nam wolność. Nie pozwólmy zapomnieć o tamtych wydarzeniach. Cześć pamięci Poległym!
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View of memorial site in a front of Wujek coal mine, Katowice, Poland. There were 9 miners killed by ZOMO forces during the strike in 16 Dec. 1981.
Industry in Svalbard
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Visite guidée dans les galeries de la mine de fer "Walert", exploitée de 1891 à 1963 (jusqu'en 1981 pour les parties à ciel ouvert)
Soutènement des galeries par boisage
Dampfbetriebene Rangierlok Bn2t, gebaut 1901 unter der Fabrik-Nr. 3741 bei HANOMAG. Im Einsatz auf Zeche Auguste Victoria, Marl. Standort jetzt Kokerei Hansa, Dortmund-Huckarde.
Piękna wieża wyciągowa powinna być obsługiwana przez niemniej piękną maszynę wyciągową. Tak było również w przypadku szybu Staszic w Zabrzu. Maszyna pochodzi z 1906 roku i znajduje się w okazałym budynku maszynowni na północ od wieży wyciągowej. Sama wieża wraz z nadszybiem została zlikwidowana w maju 2018 roku, lecz maszynownia wraz z maszyną póki co pozostała.
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Winding engine of shaft Staszic, former Pstrowski (earlier Castellegno) coal mine in Zabrze. The headframe were demolished in may 2018.
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Widok na wieżę wyciągową w lutym 2018:
View of headframe in February 2018:
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21.03.2015
"Przy samym kole"
Zdjęcie wykonałem z poziomu górnej galerii głowicy Szybu Witczak na wysokości około 45 m. Koła szybowe wraz z wieżami wyciągowymi są najbardziej rozpoznawalnymi obiektami górnictwa w społeczeństwie. To one są swoistymi punktami orientacyjnymi w górnośląskim krajobrazie, choć niestety zanikają w zastraszającym tempie. Kiedy spoglądamy na szybowe koła mogą się nam one wyglądać całkiem małe, jednak znajdując się tuż obok nich można zobaczyć jak dużych są one rozmiarów. Z wyciągowych wież za sprawą znacznej wysokości rozpościera się piękna panorama, niestety podczas mojej wizyty na wieży widoczność była mało zadowalająca. W dni o dobrej widoczności można z niej podziwiać masywy beskidzkie, a podczas warunków o najwyższej przejrzystości powietrza nawet Tatry!
drives on site: conveyor belt, sewage disposal, wastewater treatment, municipal engineering, water supply, civil engineering, industrial, commercial, domestic sectors, water boosting, high rise buildings, cooling water circulation pumps, fire fighting system, air compressor, extruder machines, plastic extrusion machinery, fan and pump, blower, ventilator, sprinkler, irrigation system, plastic injection molding machine, central air conditioning, sugar industry,beverage industry, metals industry, mining industry, paper industry, petroleum and chemical industry, wood processing, HVAC
The headframe with one of two diffusors of ventilation shaft Powietrzny I, also called as Erbreich. This shaft is still active.
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Wieża szybu Powietrzny I, zwanego również Erbreich w towarzystwie jednego z dwóch dyfuzorów. Szyb ten jest wciąż czynny, pomimo, że nie odbywają się już tutaj zjazdy. Obecnie pełni on funkcję wentylacyjną kopalni Rydułtowy i jest szybem wydechowym. Widocznym tego dowodem jest zespół dwóch dyfuzorów wentylatorów kopalnianych, których szum bez problemu słychać w bezpośrednim sąsiedztwie szybu.
Wieża szybu w całej okazałości | The full view of tower
The tower of Lechia shaft with heating plant stack.
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Basztowa wieża wyciągowa szybu "Lechia" wraz z jednym z dwóch kominów zakładowej ciepłowni.
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Ehemalige Lüfteranlage auf dem Gelände des Weltkulturerbes Zeche Zollverein Essen/Ruhr, Germany
Shaft tower "Witold II" of Jan Kanty coal mine in Jaworzno. Shaft was started in 1973. It has 336 metres deep.
Basztowa wieża wyciągowa szybu wydobywczego Witold II. Uruchomiony w 1973 roku szyb miał głębokość 336 i średnicę 6 metrów. Za pomocą skipów wyciągano węgiel, którego zsyp widoczny jest u dołu wieży. Zastosowanie skipów do wyciągania urobku zadecydowało o wysokości i konstrukcji wieży. Sam skip miał postać skrzyni z otwieranym dnem, więc celem opróżnienia trzeba było wznieść go na znaczną wysokość powyżej zrębu. Dzięki temu zsyp znajduje się dość wysoko ponad poziomem terenu. Stąd węgiel był dalej transportowany przy pomocy taśmociągów do oddziału przeróbki, po którym dziś nie ma już śladu. Maszyny wyciągowe znajdowały się w górnej części wieży szybowej.
Szyb Witold I | Shaft Witold I
Ghosttown of Ny-London / Blomstrandhalvøya / Kongsfjord / Spitzbergen / Svalbard
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Ny-London ist eine aufgegebene Bergbausiedlung in der Nähe von Ny-Ålesund. Die Marmorvorkommen auf der Insel Blomstrandhalvøya, ließen zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts den Aufbau einer Marmorgrube als gewinnversprechendes Projekt erscheinen. Der englische Abenteurer Ernest Mansfield (1862–1924) hatte 1911 die Mittel zusammengebracht, hier Marmor abzubauen. Dafür wurden Wohnhäuser für etwa 70 Personen errichtet. Der abgebaute Marmor erwies sich allerdings als unbrauchbar aufgrund seiner Brüchigkeit durch die ständigen Frosteinwirkungen. Das Unternehmen scheiterte somit schnell. In der Folge wurden einige Wohnhäuser aus Ny-London nach Ny-Ålesund verbracht, andere zerfielen wo sie waren. Heute bildet Ny-London mit seinen Ruinen und rostenden Maschinen als Geistersiedlung ein Zeugnis von der Goldgräberstimmung auf Svalbard im frühen 20. Jahrhundert.
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Ny-London is an abondoned mining settlement near Ny-Ålesund. The marble deposits on the island of Blomstrandhalvøya is bound to the adventurer Ernest Mansfield (1862–1924). The marble quarry was established in 1911. Experts from around the world praised the quality of the stone. Expectations were big and high economic yields were anticipated. Private houses for up to 70 people were built. The marble blocks crumbled due to frost action and turned out to be useless. The establishment was abandoned. Most private houses were moved to Ny-Ålesund, other rotted on the spot. Today, Ny-London is an excellent representative of the Klondike gold rush feeling that prevailed in Svalbard at begin of 20th century.
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Der Haltepunkt befindet sich auf dem Gelände der ehemaligen Zeche Zollverein in Essen. Heute Weltkulturerbe.
Er wird noch ab und zu für Sonderfahrten benötigt
What: Rally for the reef protest on 25 august 2013 at Queens Park, Brisbane Australia. Why: to help stop greater industrialisation of The Great Barrier Reef.
Protest rally happened same time as Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party had election campaign conference across the Brisbane River at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).
www.marineconservation.org.au/fight-for-our-reef/
www.facebook.com/FightForOurReef/
Critical News Update 21 July 2021 : Great Barrier Reef could soon be listed as ‘in danger’ by the World Heritage Committee.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/21/coalition-bel...
Critical News Update 23 July 2021 :
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/23/whether-or-no...
UPDATE:
“Environmentalists are accusing Scott Morrison of "trashing" Australia's international reputation, as official documents reveal the broad scale of his government's efforts to significantly increase coal exports at a time of mass protests calling for action on climate change.” “The government is seeking to grow its coal exports in overseas markets as it looks to buttress the economic fallout from a deteriorating relationship with China.” 22 September 2019 www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-accused-of-trashing-au...
“If Adani’s mine goes ahead it will be one of the largest coal mines in the world and will generate an estimated 4.7 billion tonnes of carbon pollution over its lifetime.” “The mine would drive massive industrial port expansion along the Reef coastline at Abbot Point. Over a million cubic metres of the seafloor would be dredged for a new coal terminal, threatening the habitat of vulnerable dugongs and turtles and dolphins. There would be hundreds more coal ships ploughing through the Reef’s waters every year, increasing the risk of accidents.” www.marineconservation.org.au/stop-adani-wrecking-our-reef/
“Currently there are over 11,000 shipping movements through the Great Barrier Reef each year.” “When the massive coal carrier Shen Neng 1 crashed into the Reef in 2010 it damaged an area covering 0.4 square kilometres – the largest ever recorded by a ship grounding in the Great Barrier Reef.” www.marineconservation.org.au/dredging-shipping-great-bar...
This is one of three mining sculptures situated in the Bargoed Woodland Park near Gilfach in Caerphilly County, South Wales. Sculpted by artist Robert Koenig the miners sit atop intricately carved totem poles commemorating the mining history of Bargoed, Gilfach and Britannia pits. They are located on the top of a local landmark called the Monkey Tump.
Local call number: V-11 CA006; S. 828
Title: [Florida's Canal Main Street]
Date of film: mid-1960s
Physical descrip: color; sound; Original film length: 15:00.
General note: Gov. Haydon Burns introduces this film describing the reasons, location and other details of the Cross Florida Barge Canal. The canal was being built at the time the film was made. The film has illustrations showing proposed design, testimony by the geologist, sequences of Florida industry, footage of flooding in March 1960 and an enemy submarine threat sequence. President Johnson sets off the first blast in construction. Produced by Leroy Crooks; sponsored by FDC and the Canal Authority of Florida.
Series title: Florida Promotional Films, 1948-1978
To see full-length versions of this and other videos from the State Archives of Florida, visit www.floridamemory.com/video/.
Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850-245-6700. Archives@dos.state.fl.us
Persistent URL: floridamemory.com/items/show/245871
What: Rally for the reef protest on 25 august 2013 at Queens Park, Brisbane Australia. Why: to help stop greater industrialisation of The Great Barrier Reef.
Protest rally happened same time as Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party had election campaign conference across the Brisbane River at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).
www.marineconservation.org.au/fight-for-our-reef/
www.facebook.com/FightForOurReef/
Critical News Update 21 July 2021 : Great Barrier Reef could soon be listed as ‘in danger’ by the World Heritage Committee.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/21/coalition-bel...
Critical News Update 23 July 2021 :
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/23/whether-or-no...
UPDATE:
“Environmentalists are accusing Scott Morrison of "trashing" Australia's international reputation, as official documents reveal the broad scale of his government's efforts to significantly increase coal exports at a time of mass protests calling for action on climate change.” “The government is seeking to grow its coal exports in overseas markets as it looks to buttress the economic fallout from a deteriorating relationship with China.” 22 September 2019 www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-accused-of-trashing-au...
“If Adani’s mine goes ahead it will be one of the largest coal mines in the world and will generate an estimated 4.7 billion tonnes of carbon pollution over its lifetime.” “The mine would drive massive industrial port expansion along the Reef coastline at Abbot Point. Over a million cubic metres of the seafloor would be dredged for a new coal terminal, threatening the habitat of vulnerable dugongs and turtles and dolphins. There would be hundreds more coal ships ploughing through the Reef’s waters every year, increasing the risk of accidents.” www.marineconservation.org.au/stop-adani-wrecking-our-reef/
“Currently there are over 11,000 shipping movements through the Great Barrier Reef each year.” “When the massive coal carrier Shen Neng 1 crashed into the Reef in 2010 it damaged an area covering 0.4 square kilometres – the largest ever recorded by a ship grounding in the Great Barrier Reef.” www.marineconservation.org.au/dredging-shipping-great-bar...
What: Rally for the reef protest on 25 august 2013 at Queens Park, Brisbane Australia. Why: to help stop greater industrialisation of The Great Barrier Reef.
Protest rally happened same time as Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party had election campaign conference across the Brisbane River at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).
www.marineconservation.org.au/fight-for-our-reef/
www.facebook.com/FightForOurReef/
Critical News Update 21 July 2021 : Great Barrier Reef could soon be listed as ‘in danger’ by the World Heritage Committee.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/21/coalition-bel...
Critical News Update 23 July 2021 :
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/23/whether-or-no...
UPDATE:
“Environmentalists are accusing Scott Morrison of "trashing" Australia's international reputation, as official documents reveal the broad scale of his government's efforts to significantly increase coal exports at a time of mass protests calling for action on climate change.” “The government is seeking to grow its coal exports in overseas markets as it looks to buttress the economic fallout from a deteriorating relationship with China.” 22 September 2019 www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-accused-of-trashing-au...
“If Adani’s mine goes ahead it will be one of the largest coal mines in the world and will generate an estimated 4.7 billion tonnes of carbon pollution over its lifetime.” “The mine would drive massive industrial port expansion along the Reef coastline at Abbot Point. Over a million cubic metres of the seafloor would be dredged for a new coal terminal, threatening the habitat of vulnerable dugongs and turtles and dolphins. There would be hundreds more coal ships ploughing through the Reef’s waters every year, increasing the risk of accidents.” www.marineconservation.org.au/stop-adani-wrecking-our-reef/
“Currently there are over 11,000 shipping movements through the Great Barrier Reef each year.” “When the massive coal carrier Shen Neng 1 crashed into the Reef in 2010 it damaged an area covering 0.4 square kilometres – the largest ever recorded by a ship grounding in the Great Barrier Reef.” www.marineconservation.org.au/dredging-shipping-great-bar...
The name Huwood was once very familiar to me - during my days at the Scottish Mining Museum in the '70s. The name is a contraction of Hugh Wood & Co. Ltd. who were formed in 1908/09 and became one of the major suppliers of equipment in the move from hand to machine working of coal and other such bulk materials.
Based in Gateshead they had set up a new factory on the Team Valley Industrial Estate by 1939 to further production of equipment such as conveyor belts. The Industrial Estate was one of the 1930's creations that was part of attempts to introduce newer industries into the 'depressed areas' such as the North East and South Wales.
The conveyor systems saw use both below ground in mining as well as on the surface and were, of course, adaptable to other materials. This rather period advert appears as a cover to the c.1957 Gateshead Official Handbook and it is a shame it is not attributed; I rather like the two slighly compressed figure, the boss in hat and with pipe, the worker with his hand on the machine lever.
The Hughes Pump House erected in 1865, housed a 60 inch Cornish beam pumping engine.The Cornish beam pumping engine which operated until the mine closed in 1923 pumped water from the adjacent shaft to a depth of 366 metres and from Taylors Shaft, about 300 metres to the North, to a depth of 788 metres.
Now Heritage listed: www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/hughes-pump-house/
What: Rally for the reef protest on 25 august 2013 at Queens Park, Brisbane Australia. Why: to help stop greater industrialisation of The Great Barrier Reef.
Protest rally happened same time as Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party had election campaign conference across the Brisbane River at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).
www.marineconservation.org.au/fight-for-our-reef/
www.facebook.com/FightForOurReef/
Critical News Update 21 July 2021 : Great Barrier Reef could soon be listed as ‘in danger’ by the World Heritage Committee.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/21/coalition-bel...
Critical News Update 23 July 2021 :
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/23/whether-or-no...
UPDATE:
“Environmentalists are accusing Scott Morrison of "trashing" Australia's international reputation, as official documents reveal the broad scale of his government's efforts to significantly increase coal exports at a time of mass protests calling for action on climate change.” “The government is seeking to grow its coal exports in overseas markets as it looks to buttress the economic fallout from a deteriorating relationship with China.” 22 September 2019 www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-accused-of-trashing-au...
“If Adani’s mine goes ahead it will be one of the largest coal mines in the world and will generate an estimated 4.7 billion tonnes of carbon pollution over its lifetime.” “The mine would drive massive industrial port expansion along the Reef coastline at Abbot Point. Over a million cubic metres of the seafloor would be dredged for a new coal terminal, threatening the habitat of vulnerable dugongs and turtles and dolphins. There would be hundreds more coal ships ploughing through the Reef’s waters every year, increasing the risk of accidents.” www.marineconservation.org.au/stop-adani-wrecking-our-reef/
“Currently there are over 11,000 shipping movements through the Great Barrier Reef each year.” “When the massive coal carrier Shen Neng 1 crashed into the Reef in 2010 it damaged an area covering 0.4 square kilometres – the largest ever recorded by a ship grounding in the Great Barrier Reef.” www.marineconservation.org.au/dredging-shipping-great-bar...
What: Rally for the reef protest on 25 august 2013 at Queens Park, Brisbane Australia. Why: to help stop greater industrialisation of The Great Barrier Reef.
Protest rally happened same time as Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party had election campaign conference across the Brisbane River at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).
www.marineconservation.org.au/fight-for-our-reef/
www.facebook.com/FightForOurReef/
Critical News Update 21 July 2021 : Great Barrier Reef could soon be listed as ‘in danger’ by the World Heritage Committee.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/21/coalition-bel...
Critical News Update 23 July 2021 :
www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/23/whether-or-no...
UPDATE:
“Environmentalists are accusing Scott Morrison of "trashing" Australia's international reputation, as official documents reveal the broad scale of his government's efforts to significantly increase coal exports at a time of mass protests calling for action on climate change.” “The government is seeking to grow its coal exports in overseas markets as it looks to buttress the economic fallout from a deteriorating relationship with China.” 22 September 2019 www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-accused-of-trashing-au...
“If Adani’s mine goes ahead it will be one of the largest coal mines in the world and will generate an estimated 4.7 billion tonnes of carbon pollution over its lifetime.” “The mine would drive massive industrial port expansion along the Reef coastline at Abbot Point. Over a million cubic metres of the seafloor would be dredged for a new coal terminal, threatening the habitat of vulnerable dugongs and turtles and dolphins. There would be hundreds more coal ships ploughing through the Reef’s waters every year, increasing the risk of accidents.” www.marineconservation.org.au/stop-adani-wrecking-our-reef/
“Currently there are over 11,000 shipping movements through the Great Barrier Reef each year.” “When the massive coal carrier Shen Neng 1 crashed into the Reef in 2010 it damaged an area covering 0.4 square kilometres – the largest ever recorded by a ship grounding in the Great Barrier Reef.” www.marineconservation.org.au/dredging-shipping-great-bar...