Energy & Science
Now Climate Activists Want BHP to Keep Hold of Its Fossil Fuels
- Top miner urged to set plan to wind down oil, coal production
- Campaigners are concerned about impact of sales by major firms
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BHP Group, the world’s top miner, should abandon plans for multi-billion dollar sales of fossil fuels assets and instead responsibly close down the operations, according to an environmental campaign group.
A proposal tabled on behalf of about 100 small investors by Market Forces, which coordinates groups of shareholders on climate issues, calls on the company to wind down production in line with international targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and to focus on helping communities to find alternative jobs.