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Australia’s new environmental protection agency approvescoal project, angering climate groups

Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels

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Graham Readfearn3 Sept 2026, 02:23 amUpdated 5h ago1 min readClimateGlobal
Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups

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Queensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels

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Australia’s new national agency for environmental protection has approved its first coal project, allowing a Queensland open-cut mine to keep digging until 2055 while clearing threatened woodland and koala habitat.

The confirmation of the extension of the Saraji mine, which digs and exports coal for steel making, comes after the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, denied this week there was tension over Australia’s fossil fuel exports during talks with Pacific leaders.

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Source: The Guardian · Graham Readfearn. Published 3 Sept 2026, 02:23 am.

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