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For the sake of the climate, there needs to be a global campaign to reduce China’s coal

Posted May 15, 2019 by Bob Burton
Tags: China, climate

There is a popular brain-teaser question in China: How many steps do you need to put an elephant into a refrigerator? The answer is three steps: first, open the door of the refrigerator; second, put the elephant into it; third, close the door.

South32’s shift away from thermal coal puts BHP to shame

Posted February 21, 2018 by Bob Burton
Tags: Anglo American, BHP, Cerrejon, climate, Energy, Glencore, South32, thermal coal

The company spun off in 2015 to host some of BHP Billiton’s worst performing coal assets — mostly in South Africa — has decided thermal coal is so unloved by investors it plans to offload them.

BHP may dump global group, but looks to forgive Australian coal lobby

Posted December 20, 2017 by Bob Burton
Tags: BHP, Cerrejon, climate, coal, Energy, lobbying

BHP has announced it wants to end its membership of the World Coal Association, has put the US Chamber of Commerce on notice but is in a forgiving mood when it comes to the climate and energy policy sins of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA). The MCA, BHP decided, has up to 12 months to lift its climate and energy policy game.

Rejected teenagers: the trend of closing young coal plants

Posted November 1, 2017 by Bob Burton
Tags: climate, coal, coal phase-out, Energy, Italy, Netherlands, US

The storyline that only old coal power plants are being closed down is rapidly being superseded as plants in the Netherlands, Italy and the US are being slated for closure when, at best, they will be barely teenagers.

BHP under pressure to dump pro-coal lobby groups over climate policy

Posted September 20, 2017 by Bob Burton
Tags: Australia, BHP, climate, corporate social responsibility, Energy, greenwashing, Minerals Council of Australia, Queensland Resources Council. NSW Minerals Council, World Coal Association

BHP now faces an acute dilemma: does it keep trying to both run with the hare and hunt with the hounds? Or does it opt to support the intent of the Paris Agreement and publicly dump the Minerals Council of Australia?

Tag: climate

For the sake of the climate, there needs to be a global campaign to reduce China’s coal

South32’s shift away from thermal coal puts BHP to shame

BHP may dump global group, but looks to forgive Australian coal lobby

Rejected teenagers: the trend of closing young coal plants

BHP under pressure to dump pro-coal lobby groups over climate policy