Coal-fired power companies dominate this year's list of biggest polluters in Australia | LatimerCole
Coal-fired power companies have been named as Australia's largest polluters by the Clean Energy Regulator, dominating the list of the top ten biggest carbon emitters.
However, the top ten polluters now account for a greater proportion of these emissions with 50.2 per cent in 2017-18, up from 49.7 per cent the previous year. "The fact the Scope 1 emissions are still increasing, by 0.8 million tonnes, while there is a simultaneous large reduction in electricity sector emissions of 6.8 million tonnes, or 4 per cent, points to the dire need for decarbonisation policies and strategies in the non-electricity energy sector," Mr McConnell said.AGL is once again the largest carbon emitter in the country, although it has reduced its overall carbon emission levels by 200,000 tonnes year-on-year.
Glencore was one of the few companies to slip out of the top 10, having reduced its emissions levels from 9.7 million tonnes in 2016-17 to 6.9 million tonnes in 2017-18.
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