Non-road diesel pollution is unregulated
Non-road diesel use produced 29.5m tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions in 2018, an amount similar in size to Australia’s total industry pollution. Work to regulate one of Australia’s biggest sources of carbon dioxide stalls, FoI documents reveal
“As the biggest industrial user of diesel, the mining industry is the biggest contributor to the health and budget costs of the noxious and particulate pollution that creates,” Woods said. “It’s becoming a pattern for the mining industry to block environmental protections that Australians need and we hope that is not what is happening in this case.”
"The mining sector accounted for 60% of diesel use in Australia, the government’s report said. That report estimated that atmospheric concentrations of NO2 and PM2.5 particulates from non-road diesel engines in 2018 resulted in combined years lost for those exposed at 5,387, equating to a cost to society of $1.6bn (in 2021 dollars)."
“Health impacts and costs would continue to be incurred in future years,” it said, adding that accumulated years lost between 2018 and 2063 would exceed 250,000 on current trajectories. We now understand there’s no safe level of air pollution,” Charlesworth said, adding it’s a “solvable problem … You can do something about relatively quickly, and you’d see benefits relatively quickly as well."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/12/work-to-regulate-one-of-australias-biggest-sources-of-carbon-dioxide-stalls-foi-documents-reveal
Non-road diesel engine emissions are the largest source of unregulated air pollution in Australia.>>
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/air-quality/national-clean-air-agreement/evaluation-non-road-diesel-engine-emissions
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