Coalition allowed emissions from Queensland coalmine to more than double without penalty
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#619P9)
Baseline increase for Anglo American's Grosvenor mine prompts calls for Labor to overhaul safeguard mechanism
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Mining giant Anglo American was allowed to more than double what it can emit without penalty from one of its Queensland mines under the former Coalition government's safeguard mechanism.
The case has prompted conservationists to call on the Albanese government to work quickly to overhaul the mechanism to try to address carbon emissions from the mining sector.
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