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"The world’s biggest miner has halted or delayed projects to cut vast amounts
of emissions and has quietly war-gamed options to push major climate
investments in its Western Australian iron ore operations into the next two
decades, internal documents show.
An exclusive investigation based on documents leaked to the
Guardian and the
ABC’s
Four Corners can reveal that BHP, one of Australia’s biggest historic
emitters, has dumped plans for a facility that could have significantly reduced
emissions and has put on ice renewable projects designed to power its iron ore
operations in the vast, resource-rich Pilbara region.
The cache of leaked internal records, dubbed the BHP files, reveals that the
company was aware delayed climate action in the Pilbara would pose a
“reputational risk” and that “urgent decarbonisation in line with BHP’s public
commitments” effectively underpinned its “licence to operate”.
Despite the warnings, it announced a slowdown of its decarbonisation program
last year, slashing spending and putting off meaningful investment until the
2030s at the earliest. It did so in the face of overwhelming shareholder
support for urgent climate action and board approval of a key solar project."
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
