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DOI	10.1038/s41893-020-0527-4
	Science sidelined in approval of Australia’s largest coal mine
	Currell M.J.; Irvine D.J.; Werner A.D.; McGrath C.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	2398-9629
起始页码	644
结束页码	649
卷号	3 期号:8
英文摘要	State and federal governments in Australia recently approved water management plans for one of the largest coal mines ever proposed. This comes as the role of coal in the world’s future energy mix is being seriously questioned, and global concern over the climate and water implications of further fossil fuel development. Despite repeated advice from multiple independent scientists, governments did not compel the mining company to conduct the investigations required to determine its risks to important nearby groundwater-dependent ecosystems, leaving open the prospect of irreversible ecological and cultural damage. Here we show how scientific advice provided to decision makers was repeatedly ignored or dismissed, while scientists and agencies were subjected to political pressure. We argue that this echoes other examples of scientific evidence being ignored where findings clash with political or economic objectives, and warrants urgent review of decision-making processes for developments with major environmental consequences. © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Coal; Coal industry; Decision making; Ecology; Groundwater; Water management; Decision making process; Economic objectives; Environmental consequences; Federal governments; Groundwater dependent ecosystems; Mining companies; Political pressures; Scientific evidence; Coal mines
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/163142
作者单位	School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; College of Science and Engineering and National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Currell M.J.,Irvine D.J.,Werner A.D.,等. Science sidelined in approval of Australia’s largest coal mine[J],2020,3(8).
APA	Currell M.J.,Irvine D.J.,Werner A.D.,&McGrath C..(2020).Science sidelined in approval of Australia’s largest coal mine.Nature Sustainability,3(8).
MLA	Currell M.J.,et al."Science sidelined in approval of Australia’s largest coal mine".Nature Sustainability 3.8(2020).