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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Aston Brown

Queensland rejects Glencore carbon capture and storage proposal for Great Artesian Basin

Millmerran power station
Glencore proposed to truck liquified C02 from the Millmerran power station to an injection site near Moonie on the Great Artesian Basin, and pump it 2.3km underground. Photograph: DiamondIIIXX

The Queensland government has rejected a controversial carbon capture and storage (CCS) proposal to inject CO2 from a coal-fired power station into the Great Artesian Basin.

Swiss mining company Glencore was awaiting the Queensland government’s approval of a pilot scheme to inject 330,000 tonnes of liquified CO2 into an aquifer about 2.3km underground in southern Queensland.

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