Rio Tinto gets $2m from emissions reduction fund to switch to diesel
Mining giant received payments and carbon credits for shutting down oil generator before switching to diesel plant.
Australians have paid about $2m from the Morrison government’s emissions reduction fund, now rebadged as a “climate solutions” policy, to mining giant Rio Tinto for a diesel-fired power station at a mine in Arnhem Land.
Read the full article by Adam Morton in the Guardian, including commentary by Assoc Prof Paul Burke.