The Australian Senate has voted to reject the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Although I am all for reducing energy consumption, there are better ways to address this issue – ways that will not reduce Australia’s competitiveness.
You may have read about the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority stopping Rio Tinto from expanding its Pilbarra iron ore project because it failed to protect five species of Troglobite.
Robe River Mining Company, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, had proposed the $12.5 billion Mesa A project as an expansion of the Pilbarra iron ore project.
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