Chris Bowen says he has made it ‘crystal clear’ to BHP and other big polluters they must cut emissions onsite
Australian Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has demanded that major industrial polluters, specifically BHP, reduce their onsite emissions. This follows leaked documents suggesting BHP has backtracked on climate commitments and delayed renewable energy projects.
Why it matters
It highlights the tension between government climate policy and the operational practices of major mining corporations.
Mining giant’s backsliding on climate commitments due to ‘weakness’ of policy, Kate Chaney says Adam Morton: Big Mining gets a $4bn tax break to use fossil fuel. It’s 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 Australia’s climate change minister, Chris Bowen, says he has made it “crystal clear” that he expects industrial polluters including BHP to reduce their onsite emissions after leaked documents revealed that the world’s 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...
The framing focuses on corporate 'backsliding' and 'weakness' in policy, reflecting a critical stance toward the mining industry.
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