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QRC blasts Abbot Pt satellite imagery

SATELLITE imagery depicting what was purported to be a coal spill from the Abbot Point coal terminal into nearby wetlands in Queensland after Tropical Cyclone Debbie has been shown to have been clearly misinterpreted, according to the Queensland Resources Council.

Lou Caruana
Queensland Resources Council CEO Ian Macfarlane.

Queensland Resources Council CEO Ian Macfarlane.

QRC CEO Ian Macfarlane said NASA’s own website provided further evidence that the information supplied to the ABC by the Mackay Conservation Group was incorrect. “It’s disgraceful that satellite imagery...

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