by Cheryl Adam
80 National Board for Wildlife to be toothless;
81 Modi Government’s Environment Policy Endorses Everything that Bodes Well for Business;
82 In March 2018, Hurun’s Global Rich List stated Gautam Adani was the only Indian who saw “a massive growth in his fortunes,” adding his wealth doubled to US$14b in 2017. India has the world’s third-largest number of billionaires;
83 Carmichael coal mine magnate Gautam Adani: from school dropout to $12bn empire;
84 Large amounts of money in India are often written in terms of crores. One crore is ten million rupees. 15,000 crore is 150 billion rupees (almost US$2.3 billion). Crore can also be used to refer to large numbers of other things e.g. people.
85 The Adani Brief;
86 NGT lambasts Adani group for environment damage in Hazira;
87 Hazira Port;
88 Hazira Port;
Chapter 5: Confronting the God Adani
89 David Ritter (Ed) (2018) The Coal Truth: The fight to stop Adani, defeat the big polluters and reclaim our democracy, UWA Publishing, Perth.
90 The Salt Farmers of the Rann of Kutch;
91 Worth their Salt: A Fascinating Glimpse into the World of the Hardworking Salt Farmers of Kutch;
92 Adani solar plant guzzles illegal fresh water in drought-hit Tamil Nadu;
93 Solar Power and Water Consumption;
94 Annastacia Palaszczuk: Queensland’s accidental premier;
95 Adani’s Galilee Basin project mine leases approved;
96 The Adani lobbyist and Labor insider who smoothed the way for mega mine;
97 Following Palaszczuk $1m for chickpea funding, in January 2018 an article in Brisbane’s Courier Mail said that India had “slapped a surprise and costly 30% tariff on the superstar crop.”
Chapter 6: The Coal King of the World
98 Carmichael coal mine magnate Gautam Adani: from school dropout to $12bn empire;
99 The Alchemist;
100 How Adani Group is moving towards corporate responsibility from controversies;
101 ‘Adanis’ (sic) Game Plan for Mundra ship-breaking yard;
102 Violations of the Environment Clearance Conditions of the Waterfront Development Project of the MPSEZ Ltd, Mundra, Kutch (Gujarat);
103 Adani Mundra project: First, Rs 200-crore fine cancelled. Now, officials find company did no wrong;
104 APSEZ gets green nod to set up ship recycling facility at Mundra;
105 Photos: Shipbreaking on the Beaches of Alang;
106 The alchemist;
107 Post Gujarat elections, spotlight is back on Tata, Adani Mundra plants;
108 Adani signs 1.65 bn coal-import deal with Indonesia;
109 Post Gujarat elections, spotlight is back on Tata, Adani Mundra plants;
110 Adani project in Mundra has violated environmental norms rules MoEF committee;
111 Minister’s Briefing Note;
112 Chapter 6 Impact of Industrial Expansion in Mundra Coast;
113 Violations of the Environment Clearance Conditions of the Waterfront Development Project of the MPSEZ Ltd, Mundra, Kutch (Gujarat);
114 The Gulf of Kutch Marine National park and Sanctuary: A Case Study;
115 How India’s first Marine National Park is faring;
116 Adani Mundra project: First, Rs 200-crore fine cancelled. Now, officials find company did no wrong;
117 Mundra SEZ: Adani Group secures in-principal approval to divert 1552 hectares forest land;
118 US Supreme Court will hear Landmark Case Challenging World Bank Group Immunity;
119 Doing Big Business In Modi’s Gujarat;
120 Supreme Court’s Order on ‘Compensatory Tariff’ Powers Accountability and Strengthens Competition;
Chapter 7: Digging up the Dirt on Adani
121 Kachchh – Central Ground Water Board;
122 Study on groundwater salinization and formulation of management strategies for the coastal aquifers of Mundra region Kutch district Gujarat state;
123 Kutch Coast-People, Environment;
124 Chapter 6 Impact of Industrial Expansion in Mundra Coast;
125 Sazina Bhimani (2014) ‘Study on groundwater salinization and formulation of management strategies for the coastal aquifers of Mundra region, Kutch district, Gujarat state’.
126 Report of the Committee for Inspection of M/s Adani Port & SEZ Ltd;
127 Doing Big Business in Modi’s Gujarat;
128 Report of the Committee for Inspection of M/s Adani Port & SEZ Ltd;
129 GABWRA overview;
130 Adani ground water plan could permanently drain desert oasis;
131 How Adani Group is moving towards Corporate Responsibility;
132 What makes Kutch’s Kharai Camels Truly Remarkable;
133 Mayor says Rocky won’t pull their funds for Adani’s airport;
134 Townville Major Jenny Hill gives Adani six months deadline;
135 Opposition to Coal in India;
136 Countries with the Biggest Coal Reserves;
137 Adani Godda Power Plant: Too Expensive, Too Late and Too Risky for Bangladesh;
138 Coal exports to help India lower trade deficit in energy;
139 Coal 2017 – International Energy Agency;
140 Coal Vision 2030;
141 World’s biggest coal company closes 37 mines as solar power’s influence grows;
142 Malcolm Turnbull talks up coal in Delhi despite India’s aim to stop imports;
143 Adani coal ‘welcome’ part of India’s future electricity supply;
144 Adani Loses Nearly All Its Investment On Mundra Power Plant;
145 Adani Godda Power Plant: Too Expensive, Too Late and Too Risky for Bangladesh;
146 Galilee Basin mines will slash coal output, jobs elsewhere;
147 In March 2018, a year after this interview, Modi had promised to raise the solar power generation capacity fivefold to 100,000MW and with tariffs reaching R2.44 per unit.
148 India is home to 70% of tigers in the world.
149 In October 2017, Reuters reported that Indian resource conglomerate Adani and Vedant were considering bidding for a $9 billion diamond project abandoned by Rio Tinto, said to hold around 32 million carats of diamonds. The area is a corridor between the Panna Tiger Reserve and the Navardehi Wildlife Sanctuary;
Chapter 8: The Swirling Dervish
150 Listed in the Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia and home to several threatened species.
151 Adani fined $12,000 for Abbot Point coal terminal stormwater breach;
152 Adani’s Abbot Point coal spill contaminated wetlands, Report finds;
153 Caley Valley Wetlands;
154 Deloitte Access Economics. (2017) At what price? The economic, social and icon value of the Great Barrier Reef;
Chapter 9: The Ping Pong Politics of Climate Change
155 Climate Council. (2017) Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change: Factsheet. p. 1;
156 Independent Review of Governance of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority;
157 Significant coral decline and habitat loss on the Great Barrier Reef;
158 Reef health. Updated: 29 June 2017;
159 Significant coral decline and habitat loss on the Great Barrier Reef;
160 Global warming transforms reef assemblages;
161 Terry Hughes, P. James, T. Kerry et al (2017) ‘Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals’ in Nature, Vol. 543, pp. 373–377, 16 March;
162 Coral bleaching: Extreme heat pushes parts of the Great Barrier Reef beyond recovery;
163 Suspicions Adani altered lab report;
164 Turnbull slammed, rebuffed by industry, over clean coal;
165 Anna Krien (13 June 2017) The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia’s Climate Deadlock, Quarterly Essay 66. Black Inc. Publishing, Melbourne.
166 Sorry, Matt Canavan, no one believes coal magic means everyone wins;
167 Coal lobby ads biggest third-party political expenditure in Australia;
168 Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching: Queensland tourism body downplays damage;
169 A Close-Up Look at the Catastrophic Bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef;
170 Aboriginal settlement in Australia was planned migration: study;
171 Trends in Global CO2 Emissions, 2016 Report;
172 Australia’s emissions rise again in 2017, putting Paris targets in doubt;
173 CSIRO Chief Ignores Scientific Evidence Of Climate Change as Biggest Threat to Reef;
174 US and Asian growth planned as CSIRO ‘moonshots’ take shape;
175 Stop Adani Alliance;
176 Digging into Adani – Four Corners;
177 Adani: Palaszczuk and business groups brush off allegations of company’s corruption, negligence;
178 Anne Elvey (Ed) (2018) hope for whole, poets speak up to Adani. Rosslyn Avenue Productions, Melbourne;
179 On April 30, 2018 The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Alinta Energy had put in a $250 million bid to buy the power station and that Federal Environment and Energy Minister, Josh Frydenberg had regularly been on the phone to Alinta encouraging its bid;
180 Anna Krien (13 June 2017) The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia’s Climate Deadlock, Quarterly Essay 66. Black Inc. Publishing, Melbourne.