A subsidiary of mining giant Glencore has had its proposal to store carbon in the Great Artesian Basin – which is relied upon by 180,000 people for water – knocked back by the Queensland government.
Glencore subsidiary CTSCo planned to pump more than 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the Great Artesian Basin .The Queensland Farmers' Federation says Queensland must take a leading role in protecting the basin, which it says is threatened by other companies looking to store carbon.
The Department of Environment, Science and Innovation has decided not to approve the project due to the potential impacts on groundwater in the GAB. "This includes potential increased concentrations of contaminants including chloride, sulphate, salinity, various metals, and metalloids ." "We know that there are currently two companies with exploration permits for CCS in the GAB and we know that other companies globally are looking at the GAB as a cheap way to conduct CCS at an industrial scale to manage their emissions," she said.
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