fossil fuels

Mike Cannon-Brookes: Can a tech billionaire squash Australia’s coal industry by buying it?

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Frustrated with the Australian government’s inaction on climate change, software king Mike Cannon-Brookes is trying to buy several big coal plants so he can shut them down in favour of renewables Environment | Analysis 22 February 2022 By Alice Klein Open-cast coal mining in Hunter Valley, Australia PETER HARRISON/Getty Images Mike Cannon-Brookes, the third-richest person … Read more

Oil giants accused of greenwashing for failure over energy transition

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An analysis of BP, Shell, Chevron and ExxonMobil finds a mismatch between their rhetoric on low-carbon energy and their actions and spending Environment 16 February 2022 By Adam Vaughan Oil rigs at Cromarty Firth in Invergordon, UK Shutterstock / James Jones Jr Four of the world’s biggest oil companies have been accused of greenwashing for … Read more