Science agency stands in contrast to Australia’s biggest polluter, AGL, which parted ways with MCA over climate changeThe Australian government’s science agency, the CSIRO, has paid tens of thousands of dollars to peak mining lobby group the Minerals Council of Australia, which fights against government action on climate change. The CSIRO continues to be a member of the MCA despite even Australia’s biggest climate polluter, AGL, publicly parting ways with the Minerals Council of Australia in 2016, saying it did so because of the positions the MCA took on climate change. “AGL’s positions on climate change and renewable energy differed from those held by the Minerals Council of Australia ... and AGL has elected not to renew its membership,” the company said in its 2016 sustainability report. CSIRO declined to answer specific questions about how long it had been a member, what the cost had been and what the CSIRO got in return for membership. “CSIRO is putting itself in a position where it is implicitly supporting particular policy positions by being a member of the Minerals Council.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2017 18:00 UTC