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"Australian coal exporters have been falsifying data to suggest their coal is
cleaner than it is in order to increase its export price in a scam involving
two testing laboratories, major accountancy firms and an investment bank,
federal MP Andrew Wilkie is expected to tell parliament on Monday.
Wilkie says he has been provided with thousands of pages of documents by an
industry whistleblower and will call for a parliamentary inquiry into the
allegations, days after the corporate watchdog decided against taking action
against one of the laboratory companies.
“The fraud is environmental vandalism and makes all the talk of net zero
emissions by 2050 a fiction,” says a draft of the speech, seen by this
masthead.
“It could also be criminal, trashing corporate reputations as well as our
national reputation.”
According to the whistleblower and the documents he has provided, coal testing
laboratories that certify the quality of coal shipments leaving Australia have
been falsifying data to suggest the coal is of higher quality than their tests
show.
The falsified data shows the coal to be drier than it is. Since drier coal
burns more cleanly, less of it is needed to be burnt for electricity and it
creates fewer emissions per kilowatt produced so can be sold for higher
prices."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
