Victoria, Australia, Demands Coal Giants Provide Much Larger Mine Cleanup Bonds

摘要

Victoria, Australia, ordered three companies that mine lignite coal and generate nearly all the state's electricity to boost by tens of millions of dollars the securities they provide to ensure their mines are cleaned up after closure. "We are acting immediately to increase the rehabilitation bonds for the Latrobe Valley coal mines so the community can be confident the mines are safe and will be rehabilitated," state Energy Minister Lily D'Ambrosio said April 15.