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A new coal fired power station for Victoria?
Premier Brumby must be an unhappy man right now. Less than two months after he announces his commitment to reduce Victoria’s greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, Chinese owned company HRL fronts up to the Environment Protection Authority asking for it to approve their ‘syngas’ coal fired power station in Morwell in the La Trobe valley.
For Brumby, kicking the coal habit is seeming a hard thing to do
The HRL proposal has been on the table for years and the Victorian government has committed $50 million to the project. Officially it’s clean coal technology, because the power station will burn natural gas to turn brown coal into synthetic gas. (more…)
September 27, 2010 at 8:34 pm morelandclimategroup Leave a comment
Climate Action Moreland: people in Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner and Glenroy wanting action on climate change 