Sydney Morning Herald: GREENHOUSE gas emissions by Australia’s top 200 companies surged by more than 10 per cent year-on-year, prompting fresh calls for a price on carbon to combat growing emissions levels. As Federal Parliament resumes this week with the government to put its carbon pollution reduction scheme before the Senate again, the superannuation fund VicSuper’s Carbon Count 2009 report, to be published today, shows the companies listed on the ASX200 emitted 268.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gas in …
Top companies leaders in pollution, too
Sydney Morning Herald: GREENHOUSE gas emissions by Australia’s top 200 companies surged by more than 10 per cent year-on-year, prompting fresh calls for a price on carbon to combat growing emissions levels. As Federal Parliament resumes this week with the government to put its carbon pollution reduction scheme before the Senate again, the superannuation fund VicSuper’s Carbon Count 2009 report, to be published today, shows the companies listed on the ASX200 emitted 268.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gas in …
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