23 Jul Australia’s prime minister … banning coal
via the Australian, 7/24/2010
Julia Gillard has vowed to ban dirty coal-fired power stations by drafting tough new standards on their design.
The new standards were a key element of the Prime Minister’s long-awaited climate change policy, released yesterday, which also included a pledge of $1 billion over 10 years to rebuild the nation’s power grid to ensure energy generated in remote areas from renewable sources such as solar and geothermal energy was efficiently transmitted into homes.
The standards will be set by the government in consultation with the states, the industry and environmental groups. Ms Gillard also offered $100 million in seed funding for companies developing renewable power technologies.
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