ENVIRONMENT

Australian coal producers create more emissions than entire nation

THE emissions generated from the coal extracted from Australia’s top six coal producers were greater than the whole of Australia’s projected domestic emissions for 2018.

 BHP alone had produced fossil fuels that led to emissions four times Australia’s 2018 emissions.

BHP alone had produced fossil fuels that led to emissions four times Australia’s 2018 emissions.

The top six coal producers generated 551 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2018 while Australia's projected domestic emissions only came to 534Mt CO2-e, according to the University of New South Wales'...

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