Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Bowen-Basin-in-Australia-27MZIF387I2Q.htmlConceptually similarBowen Basin in AustraliaGP0STOUM2Completed★★★★Bowen Basin in AustraliaGP0STOUM4Completed★★★★Bowen Basin in AustraliaGP0STOUM5Completed★★★★Bowen Basin in AustraliaGP0STOUM7Completed★★★★Bowen Basin in AustraliaGP0STOUM9Completed★★★★Queensland Coal DevelopmentGP04924Completed★★★★★★Queensland Coal DevelopmentGP04925Completed★★★★★★Port of Gladstone in QueenslandGP04928Completed★★★★★★Balaclava Island in QueenslandGP04926Completed★★★★★★View AllGP0STOUM8Bowen Basin in AustraliaThe Bowen Basin contains the largest coal reserves in Australia, an area of over 60,000 square kilometres in Central Queensland and there are proposals for extensive new mining activities — either extensions of existing mines or new mines entirely. For mercury, nine of the top ten highest mercury-polluting coal mines are in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. Aerials show the existing coal developments in the area contrasted with the natural beauty of the area.Locations:Australia-Great Barrier Reef-Oceania-QueenslandDate:24 Feb, 2012Credit:© Greenpeace / Tom JeffersonMaximum size:5565px X 3710pxKeywords:Aerial view-Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Coal exports-Coal mining-Day-KWCI (GPI)-Landscapes-OutdoorsShoot:Bowen Basin Aerials in AustraliaThe Bowen Basin contains the largest coal reserves in Australia, an area of over 60,000 square kilometres in Central Queensland. Despite almost at saturation point, there are proposals for extensive new mining activities — either extensions of existing mines or new mines. Nine of the top ten highest mercury-polluting coal mines are in the Bowen Basin.
