Coalition moves to roll back disclosure rules for overseas emissions from Australian fossil fuels
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Australia's Coalition has said it wants to roll back new rules requiring fossil fuel producers to report scope 3 emissions — the greenhouse gases released when Australian coal, oil and gas are burned overseas. The move follows a High Court ruling that NSW planners should have considered conditions on overseas emissions from a coalmine, which the Coalition, Nationals leader Matt Canavan and fossil fuel groups condemned as "madness". The rules are being phased in for the largest companies first, requiring annual reporting of these indirect emissions.
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