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Banks’ coal ban environmentally irrelevant

16 May 2020

9:00 AM

16 May 2020

9:00 AM

They’re shutting the gate, but the black horse has bolted. Despite three of Australia’s big four banks stopping their lending to new projects and putting a deadline on a total withdrawal from coal, with the fourth also significantly diminishing its involvement, the Australian coal industry is still very much alive and kicking.

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