"The annual return requires information about planned and actual disturbance of land at the mine.
Sunday 21 July 2019
Once more the Adani Group demonstrates that it acts in bad faith and cannot be trusted
ABC
News,
16 July 2019:
The
Queensland Government is prosecuting mining giant Adani for allegedly
providing false and misleading information to the Environment
Department over land clearing at the site of its proposed Carmichael
mine.
The
ABC understands the charge under the Environmental Protection Act
carries a fine that runs into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"The
prosecution relates to information contained in Adani's 2017/2018
annual return for its Carmichael mine," the department said in a
statement to the ABC.
"The
department alleges that Adani's annual return contained false and
misleading information about the disturbance already undertaken at
the mine during the annual return period."
Last
September, Adani notified the Department of "an administrative
paperwork error" in its annual return for the Carmichael mine.
The
company admitted that areas "that were disturbed during the
final three-and-a-half weeks of the annual return period should have
been included".
The
prosecution against Adani is listed for mention at the Brisbane
Magistrates Court on August 16......
Labels:
coal,
environmental vandalism,
foreign investment,
mining
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