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Time to Phase Out Coal Power
The runaway expansion of the coal industry is locking our economy and the environment into an uncertain future. While the rest of the world makes the transition to a low-carbon economy in response to climate change, Australia fails to take real action and remains firmly in the grip of the powerful polluting coal industry.
The Greens NSW are calling on the NSW government to immediately:
- impose a moratorium on new coal-fired power stations
- end all coal mining and coal power subsidies and redirect them to clean energy technologies and energy efficiency programs
- accept that 'clean coal' (carbon capture and storage) is a myth, and stop funding research that could easily be paid for by the already wealthy coal industry
For more information:
- Read more about the 'convenient untruth' of clean coal
- Read John's submission to the Owen Inquiry into baseload power needs and electricity privatisation in NSW
- Watch John Kaye's YouTube video, "Phasing out Coal"
- Watch Lee Rhiannon's YouTube video, "Clean Coal is a Con"
- Read the Greens NSW Coal Policy
Take Action!
Write to Premier Nathan Rees, demanding an end to coal subsidies (including for 'clean coal research'), increased support for renewable technologies that can provide baseload power (eg. geothermal, solar thermal), and a moratorium on new coal-fired power stations.
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