[Greens-Media] BHP sees end of age of coal but not NSW government

[John Kaye]

BHP sees end of age of coal but not NSW government
 
Media release: 16 September 2010
 
Calls by BHP Billiton for Australia to "look beyond coal" should be a wake-up call to the Keneally government to abandon its plans for new fossil fuel power stations, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. ('BHP boss dumps on future of coal' SMH page 1, 16 September, http://bit.ly/smh100916)
 
Dr Kaye said: "Having granted planning approval for two giant coal or gas fired power stations on the books, the Keneally government is set to massively increase the state's greenhouse gas emissions.
 
"The world's largest miner can see that the age of coal is coming to an end but not the NSW government.
 
"Premier Keneally should cancel the unnecessary and polluting power stations and work for a transition to a low carbon future," Dr Kaye said. 
 

For more information: John Kaye 0407 195 455
 
 
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John Kaye
Greens member of the NSW Parliament
phone: (02) 9230 2668
fax: (02) 9230 2586
mobile: 0407 195 455
email: john.kaye at parliament.nsw.gov.au
web: www.johnkaye.org.au
 
mail: Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000