Standard Chartered quits controversial Queensland coal mining project

Involvement with the mine, which critics say threatens endangered species, was exposing the London-based bank to reputational damage

Standard Chartered bank is pulling out of a vast coal mining project in Australia that critics say threatens endangered species and could wreck international efforts to contain global warming.

The London-based bank revealed on Monday it was giving up its role advising the Indian conglomerate, Adani, on building one of the world's biggest coal mines in Queensland and expanding a port on the Great Barrier Reef.