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Need for new coal-fired power plants based on a lie
Wednesday 03 March 2010
The NSW government’s approval for two new giant fossil fuel power stations is based on the big lie that they are needed to keep the lights on. They will drive up the state’s greenhouse gas emissions and destroy jobs in the renewable energy industry, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Feature: NSW govt ploughs ahead with new coal-fired power stations
Friday 26 February 2010
The Keneally government is on the cusp of granting approval for the development two giant fossil-fuel power stations. Their response to public submissions rejects the potential for large-scale renewable energy projects in NSW.
Campaign launched to stop Labor’s coal fired power plan
Thursday 25 February 2010
The Greens are joining with environment groups representing over 200,000 people in launching a campaign against plans to impose two new coal fired power stations on NSW.
NSW electricity privatisation collides with reality
Thursday 18 February 2010
The wheels have fallen off the Keneally government's plans to privatise the electricity retailers and the rights to sell power from the state's seven large coal-fired power stations, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye
Power meters not 'smart' if costs hike for low income households
Monday 01 February 2010
A University of Melbourne study has sounded a warning note for vulnerable low income households in a privatised electricity market, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Wran's aluminium sweetheart deal turns sour on NSW taxpayers
Saturday 16 January 2010
NSW taxpayers are facing a $380 million a year financial loss to fund windfall profits for the state's aluminium industry under the Rudd government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, thanks to fixed price electricity supply contracts put in place by the Wran government, according to Greens MP John Kaye.
Copenhagen failure turns focus onto state and local governments
Sunday 20 December 2009
The Greens are calling on the Keneally government to abandon plans for two new baseload power stations and heed the call of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for 'sub national' jurisdictions to act on climate change.
Power bill rises made worse by coal-obsessed Rees govt
Monday 30 November 2009
Massive investment in an outdated electricity distribution system and a focus on privatisation have seen NSW households miss out on lower cost energy supply options, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Power station water shortage restrictions are taste of the Tripodi future
Saturday 28 November 2009
Conflict between water supplies and electricity generation will only worsen if the Rees government's plans for new coal-fired power stations go ahead, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
CPRS lobbying is taste of future after NSW power sell-off
Saturday 07 November 2009
Electricity privatisation in NSW would add yet another potent set of voices and wallets to the campaign against reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye
NSW Auditor-General warns of electricity privatisation fire sale risk
Wednesday 28 October 2009
The NSW Auditor-General has warned that Finance Minister Joe Tripodi's electricity privatisation could degenerate into a fire sale, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Rees' gas power promise is still 7% boost to state's emissions
Monday 19 October 2009
While Premier Nathan Rees's ‘signal' that NSW's three new baseload power stations will be gas fired and not coal, they are still unnecessary and will boost the state's emissions by 7 percent.
Time to pull the pin on Tripodi’s power sell-off farce
Wednesday 14 October 2009
Revelations of a dearth of interest in buyers for the state's publicly owned electricity assets must spell the end of NSW Finance Minister Joe Tripodi’s privatisation dream, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Aussie carbon capture cowardice unmasks Rees govt techno-myth
Wednesday 14 October 2009
The credibility of NSW government's claim that two new baseload power stations will be 'carbon capture ready' has been destroyed by the Australian government's refusal to commit to the technology, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
"Energy reform" is fire sale privatisation in disguise
Thursday 10 September 2009
As details of Finance Minister Joe Tripodi's so-called "energy reform" package emerge, it is increasingly clear that the Rees government is selling off the existing coal-fired power stations in all but name only. Their electricity privatisation strategy is in deep trouble, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Tripodi's power privatisation must come before parliament
Monday 07 September 2009
Revelations that important government backbenchers are being kept in the dark on electricity privatisation reinforces the need for the issue to be exposed to the scrutiny of parliament, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Plenty of power kills excuse for privatisation and new generators
Thursday 27 August 2009
NSW Finance Minister Joe Tripodi's plans to sell-off much of the electricity industry and force the construction of three new power stations are in tatters, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
High electricity prices sound alarm for Tripodi's power sell-off plans
Sunday 09 August 2009
NSW household energy bills will be even more inflated under the Rees government's proposed privatisation of electricity retailers, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Call centre workers pull plug on Tripodi's powersell-off
Friday 17 July 2009
A strike by NSW electricity retail workers is a direct challenge to the Rees government's privatisation plans, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Flick the switch to Costa: Rees govt electricity sell-off takes next step
Saturday 11 July 2009
Secret changes to the standard electricity retailers contract is the first step in handing over the details of more than 2 million NSW household accounts to multi-national corporations, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Willoughby Public Forum: Clean energy future for NSW
