BlueScope Steel boss Mark Vasella warns losing sovereign manufacturing will not help the environment, amid uncertainty over how the steelmaker will be impacted by changes to emissions reduction laws.
Households emit 33 percent less carbon than any other state. The per capita footprint in San Francisco is nearly three times lower than the national average.
Anglo American, one of the biggest mining companies in the world, and its two Brazilian subsidiaries have submitted nearly 300 applications to dig for gold and other minerals.
If venting and flaring continue unmitigated, the resulting emissions would be roughly equivalent to continuing to operate the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, the report says.