Replace Hazelwood with Clean Energy – Community Rally
When: Thursday 6th May 2010
Time: 12.30 – 1.30pm
Where: Victorian Parliament, Spring St, Melbourne
A growing coalition of community groups are campaigning for the State and Federal governments to make an election commitment to ‘replace Hazelwood power station with clean energy by 2012’. This will be a key election test for the Federal and State Labor governments, with respect to their commitment to reducing emissions from Australia’s electricity sector.
A Community Rally is being organised by the Victorian Climate Action Centre, in association with Environment Victoria, next week (State Budget week) to take the campaign direct to the State government.
The ATA, along with other community organisations (Friends of the Earth, Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd and Yarra Climate Action Now) are lending their support to this campaign.
Victoria’s Hazelwood power station is the dirtiest coal fired power station in Australia and one of the most polluting in the developed world. Hazelwood is so old and inefficient it produces almost 15% of Victoria’s carbon pollution and uses an enormous amount of water. It is outdated technology, a polluting dinosaur of the industrial age. Together we can replace Hazelwood with clean energy alternatives – such as investments in energy efficiency, demand management and renewable energy.
For more information about the rally, please email info@climateactioncentre.org
To find out more about the campaign, please go to http://www.climateactioncentre.org/replacehazelwood
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