Last week the Minister for the Environment approved the controversial Adani coal mine.
Giving this mine the green light suggests it is OK for the environment.
Everyone knows that coal-powered climate change is already damaging a wide variety of environments around the world.
We also know that coal is a major source of air pollution and related health problems.
Environmentally, it is a no brainer that no new coal mines should be approved.
Exporting coal is also wrong morally.
It is unethical to sell a product that we know is damaging to the health of present and future generations.
The Adani mine is just short-term gain for long-term pain.
In south-east Australia, we will experience this pain directly through more droughts and hotter, drier summers and an increased number of extreme bushfire events.
Peter Cook,
Clematis.
