27 October 2017 At the annual general meeting of APA held today in Sydney, company executives faced several questions from shareholders regarding their Western Slopes Pipeline project in Northern NSW. The $450 million pipeline project is a partnership with Santos to...
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Aurizon shareholders: How does Adani coal align with 2°C?
18 October 2017 Shareholders today grilled Aurizon over its plans to build a railway that would open up the Galilee Basin to coal mining. The coal haulage company currently has a financing bid before the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), rivalling...
Media Release: Coal funding dries up but $17bn funneled to fossil fuels by ‘Big Four’ banks since Paris Agreement
 Monday 24 July, 2017: New analysis from environmental finance group Market Forces today reveals Australia’s Big Four banks have lent $17 billion dollars to expand the fossil fuel industry since declaring their commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement of keeping the...
Sino Gas: climate change not a business risk
18 May 2017 Sino Gas is a small Australian owned unconventional gas company which operates in China. Despite the known risks to land, water and human health associated with fracking, the Macquarie Bank has lent to Sino Gas, as have other international banks. Sino Gas...
Woodside AGM: More Oil & Gas = More Emissions
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Westpac Carmichael announcement a boost for customers
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QBE supporting Adani!
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Analysis: Westpac’s new climate change policy
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Media Release: Westpac’s coal exclusion means no funding to Adani coal mine
Brisbane, 28 April 2017 Environmental finance campaigning organisation Market Forces has welcomed the climate change policy update released by Westpac today, which makes the bank the latest to rule out funding Adani's Carmichael coal mine. The policy tightens the...
Media Release: Australia’s banks’ $10 billion fossil fuel funding flouts climate pledges
Australia’s banks’ $10 billion fossil fuel funding flouts climate pledges MONDAY 6 MARCH, 2017: New analysis by finance group Market Forces reveals Australia’s ‘big four’ provided almost $10 billion in finance to fossil fuels across the planet in 2016 – three and a...