This area of stunning natural beauty, with its rock wallabies and rock art galleries, holds the most important critical koala population in North Queensland.
It’s exactly the kind of area Australians would expect to be protected, and it’s running out of time.
The Upper Burdekin and Mount Fox is adjacent to a Wet Tropics Heritage area in the hinterland behind Ingham. The area was actually earmarked for National Park status as you’d expect… until Fortescue Metals (Windlab) got there first with their ‘Material Change of Use’ to industrial energy production.
Haulage roads 70m wide cutting into the mountain for 193 wind turbines concreted deep into the earth, their generators and housing, and the tracks for high voltage power pylons will destroy this site if we don’t act. Unlike coal mines which are required to remediate the site afterwards, there is no environmental bond, no legislation to ensure these so-called ‘green’ energy projects make good when the wind turbines fail after a decade or so.
We support Rainforest Reserves Australia in asking Andrew Forrest, the majority shareholder in Windlab, to walk away from the Upper Burdekin project and allow this site to be protected under National Park status as intended.
How destructive this project and all of the Queensland SuperGrid energy plan is.( Super Greed).
How dare any sane person call these renewable energy.
Renewable by my Re-definition is renewing the profits of those who care to destroy and harm by any means possible.
None of us will never get any benefit from any of these projects, Wind farms, Solar Farms, and now the Pumped Hydro Projects.
The power lines to be constructed to supply the needs of the Mega Cities from Brisbane to Cairns will and further endanger the environment and will again impact on our own health as they are already doing.
The jobs promised are given to foreigners for construction and what’s left are a handful of token placements. (the jobs lost by locals are never replaced,)
Wind Turbines use hundreds of litres of Diesel to get going. What if there is no wind like the 43 of these that Palishadey Government with her corporate buddies have constructed already.
On this the poor farmer is paid a pittance for his land to be used and abused while big bold corporates come in and swoop the profits by selling us expensive power.
When these monsters have lived their short lives they are left the total liability of the farmer
Solar farms – warm the surrounding areas by up to 10 degrees more and then again there are the health issues and again they are dependent on Nature.
Pumped Hydro – take the snowy mountains project. Years in the making and still the questions keep arising.
Nature will always the final say.
Even she says there is no GLOBAL WARMING!
It’s time we take an interest in what’s really going on.
Speak up.
Learn about what’s happening around your area and even the whole state.
If you don’t like what you see, make it your civic duty to DO SOMETHING.
Wendy Hazelton (Captain)
Yes,we need to support this Rainforest Reserve and we do need green energy but a lot of thought has to go into it.
Your right, as down in Tas, the wind farm has been killing eagles, and I have seen an article of where one was burnt out.
We do need to look after the environment and our native wildlife as it will be a very bleak place otherwise. And not for profit.
How destructive this project and all of the Queensland SuperGrid energy plan is.( Super Greed).
None of us will never get any benefit from any of these projects, Wind farms, Solar Farms, and now the The power lines to be constructed to supply the needs of the Mega Cities from Brisbane to Cairns will and further endanger the environment and our own health through
The jobs promised are given to foreigners, (the jobs lost by locals are never replaced,)
Wind Turbines use hundreds of litres of Diesel to get going. A truck load of Diesel arrives each day in the South Burnett area to supply just one of these monsters.