Friday, September 28, 2012

Australia: Rio Tinto acknowledges climate change

Brisbane Times: Climate change is occurring and is largely caused by human activities, miner Rio Tinto's head of coal in Australia, Bill Champion told a Brisbane conference this morning. In a speech on sustainable development and mining, Mr Champion said the "scale of the necessary emissions reductions and the need for adaptation, coupled with the world's increasing requirements for secure, affordable energy, create large challenges which require worldwide attention". Rio Tinto has factored a carbon price...

URL: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/rio-tinto-acknowledges-climate-change-20120928-26pr8.html

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