Chris Bowen says he has made it โcrystal clearโ to BHP and other big polluters they must cut emissions onsite
Mining giantโs backsliding on climate commitments due to โweaknessโ of policy, Kate Chaney says Adam Morton: Big Mining gets a $4bn tax break to use fossil fuel. Itโs a strange way to tackle emissions Read more from the BHP files investigation here Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australiaโs climate change minister, Chris Bowen, says he has made it โcrystal clearโ that he expects industrial polluters including BHP to reduce their onsite emissions after leaked documents revealed that the worldโs biggest miner has backtracked on climate action. An exclusive investigation based on documents leaked to by the Guardian and the ABC show BHP has scrapped a project to significantly reduce global emissions, delayed vast renewables projects in the Pilbara and war-gamed options to push the electrification of its polluting diesel truck and train fleets into the next two decades. Continue reading...