- 168 million tonnes of coal
- 370 million tonnes of CO2 (equivalent to about 70% of Australia’s total annual emissions)
Whitehaven’s Vickery extension project has federal environmental approval to clear up to 80 hectares of koala habitat. In making the approval decision, former Environment Minister Sussan Ley determined that the project ‘would adversely affect habitat critical to the survival of the Koala.’