Coal miner found underreporting emissions in Safeguard Mechanism – just part of a bigger problem, conservation fund says

Published 10:32 on March 27, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:35 on March 27, 2024  / Helen Clark /  Asia Pacific, Australia

An Australian coal miner got its Scope 1 emissions assessment under the Safeguard Mechanism wrong, according to a conservation group that lobbied for documents filed to the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) via Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, but this is just the beginning of coal mining's emissions issues, the group said.
An Australian coal miner got its Scope 1 emissions assessment under the Safeguard Mechanism wrong, according to a conservation group that lobbied for documents filed to the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) via Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, but this is just the beginning of coal mining's emissions issues, the group said.


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