Article 4N4TT Queensland coalmine increases greenhouse gas emissions without penalty, FOI reveals

Queensland coalmine increases greenhouse gas emissions without penalty, FOI reveals

by
Adam Morton Environment editor
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Under a policy that promised to put a limit on industrial pollution, Anglo American was given the green light to increase annual emissions

An Australian coalmine has nearly doubled its greenhouse gas emissions in two years without penalty under a Coalition climate policy that promised to put a limit on industrial pollution.

Mining company Anglo American was given the green light to increase emissions at its Moranbah North mine, in central Queensland, twice since 2016, according to documents released under freedom of information laws.

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