Australia dubbed 'fossil of the day' after lobbying for coal mine at climate talks

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Australia has used a summit on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to lobby the US energy minister in support of the development of one of the world's largest coalmines.

The move, by the Australian environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, at the Marrekech meeting, won Australia the "fossil of the day" award, announced daily by the Climate Action Network to the countries that perform the worst at UN climate talks.