You have a gross misunderstanding of the issue. In the US and I am sure to some extent Australia the Environmental regulations are more stringent than in other parts of the world. In our case the emission limits for power plants, chemical plants, and refineries are more stringent than those in many EU countries. Those rules put those countries at a competitive disadvantage versus others. In addition it adds time to the permitting process which in many cases ranges into years. Unfortunately here the judicial process then begins with legal challenges that again ties the process up for additional time. Ultimately anyone putting money at risk is faced with the fact that in the best case the money is put at risk for a longer time with the prospect of recovery and the high cost of permitting and possible litigation drives any investor, public, private, venture to view the project as riskier. It also means that markets are more likely to change before any return can be realized.