[Greens-Media] ALERT: Coal protest outside big Sydney coal industry conference

[Susie Gemmell]

MEDIA ALERT
12 August 2009

Coal = climate change protest outside big Sydney coal industry
conference

What: 	Protest outside 2009 NSW Dept. Primary Industries Mineral
Exploration & Investment Conference

Who:	Greens MP and mineral resources spokesperson Lee Rhiannon;
Greenpeace – Simon Roz; Friends of the Earth – Holly Creenaue;
Climate Action Newtown – Lindsay Soutar

When:  8:00am – 9:00am, Thursday 13 August 2009

Where: Outside Four Seasons Hotel, 199 George Street, Sydney (The
Rocks). 

Photo op:  protesters with No New Coal banners and signs

Greens and environmental groups will protest outside the 2009 NSW
Mineral Exploration & Investment Conference to call on the NSW
Government to halt the expansion of the coal industry to arrest climate
change.  

The action will target Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Ian
Macdonald, a key Government driver of climate change, who is opening the
two day conference at 9:00am.  

This action coincides with the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS)
being put to the vote in Federal Parliament.  Protesters will call on
the Federal Government to scrap the CPRS and its billion dollar handouts
to the coal industry, and echo the Greens' call for 40% emission cuts by
2020.


For more information: Lee Rhiannon - 9230 3551, 0427 861 568.



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Susie Gemmell
Adviser, Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon (Mon-Thur)
Macquarie St, Sydney 2000
Tel: +61-2-9230 3551 Fax: +61-2-9230 3550
Mobile: 0431 458 102
Email susie.gemmell at parliament.nsw.gov.au
http://www.leerhiannon.org.au
http://www.democracy4sale.org/ 
http://twitter.com/leerhiannon