"Don't fund coal mine, activists plead with Australian export credit agency", 6 April 2017

Environmental action groups including Greenpeace, Oxfam and GetUp have signed an open letter to Australia’s export credit agency asking it not to fund a controversial new coal mine. The groups say a loan to the proposed Resgen Boikarabelo mine in South Africa will lead to human rights abuses and hinder Australia’s Paris commitment to keep global warming below 2C. The 9,000-hectare open-cut mine is currently being considered by the export credit agency, Efic...“If Efic were to fund this project, it would clearly be inconsistent with Australia’s obligations to act on climate change,” the letter reads. “Human rights abuses in the South African coal industry are rampant. Reports by affected communities have documented black lung disease amongst coal workers, noise and air pollution, groundwater contamination, loss of farmland due to pollution, and land acquisition.”....Other signatories to the letter include the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, Australian Conservation Foundation, Jubilee Australia, the Wilderness Society and the SEED Indigenous Youth Climate Network.