February 2020 Every year, Australian governments and their departments spend billions of dollars of your money so that more coal, gas and oil can be extracted and burned. Favourable decisions include: Meanwhile, drought and extreme temperatures are fast becoming the new normal. So how has the fossil fuel industry come … Read More
Urgent: Tell HSBC to withdraw from Payra coal port
31 Jan 2020 Use the form on the right to email HSBC telling the bank to withdraw from Payra Port. UK-headquartered HSBC is arranging finance for the dredging of Payra coal port in Bangladesh. Among other commodities, this port would import 20 million metric tons of coal for eight proposed … Read More
Do you pay more tax than the big fossil fuel companies?
For all the environmental and climate destruction wrought by the fossil fuel industry here in Australia and globally, you’d think there must be a significant payback through taxes, right? Well, sadly, there are ways for massive fossil fuel companies to minimise their tax bills in Australia, and these companies are … Read More
Cue Energy’s empty words on climate change is not enough.
10 December 2019 Cue Energy, an Australian ASX-listed oil and gas company that operates in Australia, New Zealand and south-east Asia, had to fend off numerous climate-related questions at its annual general meeting yesterday in Melbourne. In its annual report, the company states: “(Cue) recognizes that the management of the … Read More
ANZ’s secret plan to cut thermal coal leaves Westpac out in the cold
6 December 2019 ANZ has internal plans to cut thermal coal mining exposure by 75% by March 2024.* While this is a welcome ambition, ANZ has not confirmed the targeted 75% reduction officially in public policy. Take a moment to tell ANZ to publicly confirm its secret plans to phase … Read More
Oil and gas still a major focus for Karoon Energy
29 November 2019 Karoon Energy has been given plenty of opportunities to provide a credible and evidence-based climate risk management plan, but continues to shirk this responsibility to its shareholders. At Karoon’s 2018 AGM, CEO Robert Hosking claimed “We are at heart environmentalists”. But when asked by shareholders to provide … Read More
Mineral Resources: relying on others to find a solution to the climate crisis
20 November, 2019 Mineral Resources is predominantly an iron-ore miner and mining services company. But the company’s November 2017 acquisition of Energy Resources Pty Ltd means it now holds nine exploration permits for substantial oil and gas projects in the onshore Perth Basin. Today the Mineral Resources board was met … Read More
Senex: company statements on the Paris Agreement are hollow
18 November 2019 Senex, an Australian oil and gas company, states in its annual report that the company “recognises and accepts the science of climate change and fully supports the objectives of limiting global temperate rise as agreed by governments in the 2015 Paris Agreement.” It seems, however, from the … Read More
NAB climate commitments too little, too late
15 November 2019 NAB’s sustainability report, released today, signaled an end to the bank’s involvement in thermal coal mining, but places its exit far later than what is needed to help meet the Paris Agreement climate goals. The commitment to be out of thermal coal by 2035 is five years … Read More
BHP commits to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050
7 November, 2019 BHP Chair Ken MacKenzie has publicly applauded the European Commission’s proposal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. However, until now it has been unclear as to whether BHP will adopt the same goals. This appears to have resolved at today’s annual general meeting in Sydney, where a … Read More
