The coal mine touted as the Southern Hemisphere's largest, Adani's Carmichael project in Queensland's Galilee Basin, appears mired in further doubt, as more global banks rule out providing finance, community opposition grows and analysts question its financial viability. In an ultimately procedural blow - though a significant one - in early August Australia's Federal Court set aside environmental approval for Carmichael after finding that a blunder by the Federal Department of the Environment meant risks to two threatened species were overlooked.
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