Spinifex November 2015

Spinifex is the biannual magazine of the Queensland Conservation Council (QCC). QCC is the peak environment organisation in Queensland representing over 60 member groups. We campaign to protect Queensland’s natural environment and keep coal in the ground. This edition of Spinifex highlights how coal impacts the environment and communities all over Queensland. From the Black-throated Finch populations in the Galilee Basin, to the farmlands of Acland, to the impacts of air pollution from burning coal and the damage to the reef, to the structural decline of coal and finally to the renewable energy potential in Queensland. We need to encourage more and more people to accept that we can have a more positive future without coal. We need to build the vision for a new brighter Queensland. It is time to keep coal in the ground and create a brighter future for all Queenslanders and all the creatures with which we share this planet.