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ABC reveals major emissions miss-management
I am writing to share shocking news, revealed by the ABC, that Adani, Whitehaven and Anglo-America coal companies are dangerously underestimating and under-reporting their emissions and super-polluting methane leaks [1]. Australia is the world’s biggest coal exporter and home to the biggest pipeline of new coal mines. Australia’s coal problem is made even more dangerous, with ABC’s investigation showing coal companies are failing to accurately estimate and report emissions. And now the Environment Minister says she won’t consider the climate impacts of three new coal projects on Australia’s iconic and protected wildlife and environments - a worrying signal that the climate impacts of new coal will be further disregarded! https://livingwonders.org.au/media/not-my-job-environment-minister-says-climate-science-not-relevant/ I urge you to raise my concerns about the dangerous under-reporting of emissions with upcoming Government review processes and as a matter that needs urgent action. Without transparent and accurate measurement and reporting of emissions, coal companies will continue to pollute uncontrollably and turbo-charge climate change. The newly reformed Safeguard Mechanism committed the Climate Change Authority (CCA) to review emissions reporting methods. This news demonstrates the need for an overhaul of Australia’s emissions reporting measures, especially for super-polluting methane. Methane is a climate super-pollutant, over 80 times more potent than CO2 and should not be allowed to leak uncontrolled into the atmosphere, increasing the intensity and frequency of climate disasters. The evidence unearthed by the ABC should inform the CCA’s review and the Government must begin working to fix Australia’s methane measurement and mitigation laws, which are currently allowing huge climate super-pollution from methane. There are 25 proposals for new or expanded coal mines currently waiting for Federal Government approval. We implore the Government to show courage and reject the remaining coal and gas proposals, considering the catastrophic climate impacts to thousands of animals, plants, communities and places we love. No more excuses - stop approving new coal projects. [1] Coalmines pollute much more than their operators predicted when they sought approval, ABC News, 5 June 2023 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/coalmine-carbon-emissions-estimates-adani-whitehaven-grosvenor/102253064
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