Adani Carmichael mine opponents join Indigenous climate change project

The Wangan and Jagalingou are divided over allowing Adani to exploit Galilee basin homelands for Carmichael coalmineTraditional owners fighting to stop Australia’s largest proposed coalmine are at the centre of a new University of Queensland project exploring worldwide Indigenous rights movements in the era of climate upheaval.Leaders from the Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners council, who are enmeshed in a legal and lobbying effort to head off Adani’s Carmichael mine, will collaborate with academics and human rights lawyers for the first “flagship” project chosen by UQ’s Global Change Institute. Related: Adani's Carmichael mine protected from legal challenges under Queensland water changes Related: Adani's Carmichael mine granted 'unprecedented' powers, says report Continue reading...