QUEENSLAND councils are calling on the State Government to halt plans to pump carbon into the underground Great Artesian Basin, warning of fears it could contaminate domestic water and other supplies.
Mayors from across Queensland have warned not enough is known about the impacts of carbon capture and potential knock-on disturbance and contamination of the Great Artesian Basin is too great a risk for the communities, towns and industries that rely on it.
Councils at the most recent Local Government Association of Queensland annual conference voted unanimously to call on the State…
