Non-Mining Businesses Caught in Crosshairs of Climate Change Activism

Non-Mining Businesses Caught in Crosshairs of Climate Change Activism
Participants hold placards as they take part in a demonstration demanding the government take immediate action against climate change in Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 10, 2020. Mohammed Farooq/AFP via Getty Images
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Major private engineering firm BMD has said that blanket bans targeting the coal mining industry—in the name of addressing climate change—have swept up non-mining related businesses.

The company’s CEO Scott Power has told a parliamentary committee that despite being an engineering firm, his company has been unable to find insurance for two infrastructure projects because they involve transporting coal and goods for a mining project.

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