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Anti-coal action outside Qld Minister’s offices

June 5, 2009 – 9:37 am

I’ve often felt calls to ‘stop all coal exports’ were far too unrealistic.  But it is just as unrealistic to think we can even begin to make the necessary cuts in greenhouse emissions while governments continue to invest large amounts of money into “maximising coal exports”.  So it’s no surprise that climate change campaigners like [...]

By Andrew Bartlett | Posted in Brisbane, Queensland politics, climate change | Also tagged , , | Comments (4)

New Qld Govt plan to "maximise the amount of coal that Qld can export to the world."

June 3, 2009 – 2:17 pm

Any brief glimmer of satisfaction at the Queensland government announcing the environmentally and economically sensible decision to scrap the state’s eight cents a litre petrol subsidy was immediately countered by the statement that the planned sale of Queensland Rail’s coal assets “will maximise the amount of coal that Queensland can export to the world.”
If only [...]

By Andrew Bartlett | Posted in Queensland, climate change | Also tagged , | Comments (5)