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Coal mining and coal seam gas: the $247 billion issue
Photo: Lock The Gate
The falling fortunes of Australian coal prospectors
Market Forces response to the 2013/14 federal budget
14 May 2013
The Government’s has failed to make major changes to polluter handouts in the 2013 budget. More than $10 billion in tapayer-funded subsdies will be given out over the coming year to programs that encourage more carbon-polluting fossil fuels in Australia...
ANZ biggest lender to coal and gas exports
31 May 2013
Market Forces and 350.org have released a new interactive map that reveals which banks have lent the most money to coal and gas exports along Australia’s Eastern seaboard over the last five years. Check out the map and take action to stop the big banks financing dirty coal and gas...
Financing Reef Destruction released
2 May 2013
Market Forces and 350.org have released Financing Reef Destruction: how banks are using our money to destroy a natural icon. The report identifies the banks that are doing the most to fund dirty coal and gas projects inside the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Read the report and take action...