alexy a prime went to see a controversial mine which is being financed by the indian conglomerate adani. claremont population 3001 of australia's mining heartlands most of the work here is a cult following and they keep paul wilkes motel business going as well possibly 70 percent of their of a business would be call related in one way or another whether it be the shoe salesman all of the shampoo cycles men fuel salzman we've got companies that do a lot of engineering work that are independent of the mines they come unstuck. dozens of mines surround remote towns like claremont's which lies a 1000 kilometers north of brisbane and maramba just up the road keeps the community alive definitely helps with all the business like a business specially have with someone young like my daughter as well it's got them a real future for claremont's the closest town to the controversial comical mine and it's still 160 kilometers away the mines are owned by the indian company adani and got the go ahead from the government last year after more than a decade they've been holed up so the environmental appro

security and a future for about them and making the adani mine could be exporting its 1st call as soon as next year in the meantime mr lee remains deeply divided over where the mines of purely sources of money and opportunity all scholars on the landscape that take more than i provide. al-jazeera queensland australia. the god. has been here for decades producing lignite brown coal to fuel the nearby power station which produces more energy than any other in germany a symbol of the country's continuing dependence on fossil fuels in 2019 brown coal and hard coal or anthracite provided more than 29 percent of the electricity used nuclear provided 14 percent renewables accounted for 46 percent but ministers are committed to combating climate change by reducing emissions and spent much of the last year deep in discussions about how to meet those commitments eventually they found a compromise we have both forms of coal will be phased out within the next 18 years that's hard to these were tough negotiations they took a long time in my view too long but you can see the result where the 1st cou

the mines are owned by the indian company adani and got the go ahead from the government last year after more than a decade they've been holed up so the environmental approvals and funding problems for the mines be scaled back from its initial plans however it will still be among a strain his biggest exposing at least $10000000.00 tonnes of coal a year this is the workers camp for the mine which is under construction just a few kilometers away we weren't allowed to film inside and wouldn't talk to us on camera for this story the mine lies here in the galilee basin which is home to one of the biggest coal deposits in the world there are fears the mind could push an endangered bird species towards extinction while the land also holds spiritual significance to some indigenous groups adani will be the 1st mine in the basin and that's made it a flashpoint for protests it's madness to actually lead it to that it's got this far in the starry nights with what we know about climate change and. one of the biggest new deposits because it is shouldn't happen the mining industry and the role of fossi

the mines are owned by the indian company adani and got the go ahead from the government last year after more than a decade they've been holed up so the environmental approvals and funding problems for the mines be scaled back from its initial plans however it will still be among a strain his biggest exposing at least $10000000.00 tonnes of coal a year this is the workers camp for the mine which is under construction just a few kilometers away we weren't allowed to film inside and wouldn't talk to us on camera for this story the mine lies here in the galilee basin which is home to one of the biggest coal deposits in the world there are fears the mind could push an endangered bird species towards extinction while the land also holds spiritual significance to some indigenous groups adani will be the 1st mine in the basin and that's made it a flashpoint for protests it's madness to actually lead it to that it's got this far in the starry nights with what we know about climate change and. one of the biggest new deposits because it had this shouldn't happen in the mining industry and the role

time on going job security and a future for about them and they keep the adani mind could be exporting its 1st call as soon as next yeah in the meantime mr ali remains deeply divided over where the minds of purely sources of money and opportunity all scars on the landscape that take more than i provide. al-jazeera queensland australia. it's good to have you with us hello peter and for going to here in doha the headlines from al-jazeera doctors in china reporting a slowdown of the number of new cases of corona virus for a 3rd day in a row but the world health organization chief says it's impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take taiwan has reported its 1st death from the outbreak in japan hundreds of passengers aboard a quarantined cruise ship are preparing to be evacuated the united states canada south korea and hong kong ascending aircraft to fly their citizens home it's off to 70 more people on board the diamond princess of tested positive for the corona virus in hong kong this anger of a trip and clinics that have been opened in densely packed areas residents say

count emissions from its projects or from its clients at least it considers the emissions from the adani coal mine which are significant as we heard that report those emissions belong to the client and not to siemens it also points of course to its growing renewables business and that is. something that shareholders also support they say look the future is indeed going to have to be a lot more climate friendly and siemens should lead the way there but really that's not something that a lot of protesters here want to hear this is really to cross-currents meeting here those who say the urgency is such that action must happen now must drop some of these projects and that a lot of shareholders that you talk to frankly say that may be true but you don't just do that all the sudden we have a responsibility not only to the environment but to our employees and to our investors and those the 2 cross currents that are really meeting here and i think you're going to see the flash point more and more across germany as it tries to reckon with its industrial might on the one hand and its environmental

out 3 major goals firstly so no new sources of fossil fuels including the adani mine full renewable energy and exports by 20 saudis and for a just transition and job creation for all fossil fuel employed workers in communities. the strain here has some of the highest per capita c o 2 emissions for a highly industrialized nation. i mean and spent my life right now surrounded by this constant news of like polar ice caps melting and the great barrier reef dying animals losing their homes in bushfires floods and this really enormous issue which no one is seeming to care that much about and that's been really scary to me growing up knowing that this is my future and this is what we're leading into. as well as going to school jean hinchcliffe organizes rallies and demonstrations with the help of her friends and her mother. last september hinchcliffe attended the un youth climate action summit in new york. say well. she didn't plan to become a leading figure in the australian environmental movement. actually i just sent email saying how i love to help out he says anything i can do and suddenly i