The company says there needs to be a stronger environmental cop as well as recognition of climate impacts of new renewables and other projects.
Rio Tinto , one of the world's biggest miners, has swung its weight behind the federal government's stalled nature positive reforms .
Labor's planned laws are currently stuck in the Senate, wedged between Greens demands for a so-called "climate trigger" and a concerted campaign in recent months by large parts of the resources industry, particularly in Western Australia, against creation of a strong independent watchdog and approvals regulator.
"Rio Tinto supports the Australian government prioritising and progressing reforms to the EPBC Act, given the urgency of finding solutions to nature loss and the impact of climate change," the company said in a statement. In an apparent effort to bridge the gap with the Greens and environmentalists demanding the legislation include explicit mechanisms to block high emitting projects, Rio said it "acknowledges the interdependencies between nature and climate".
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