Don't fund South African coal mine, activists plead with Australian export credit agency

(Guardian, London, 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 open letter to the Efic Board of Directors from civil society organizations led by ActionAid and Jubilee Australia, and representing some 2 million Australians all together, expressed their belief that by funding this coal mine, Efic is at risk of funding human rights abuses in South Africa.