Activists: No new coal!

August 7, 2010
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Photo: Graham Matthews

The Parramatta Climate Action Network (ParraCAN) staged a series of rolling protests outside New South Wales state government ministers offices calling for no new coal

The NSW state government is planning to construct two new coal-fired power stations, which will increase the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by up to 15%.

ParraCAN is circulating a petition calling for the prohibition of the construction of new coal-fired power stations; the development of a phase-out plan for coal; and that the state government support job creation in renewable industries.

PICTURED: Terry Mcbride, ParraCAN activist campaigns outside the
electoral office of NSW energy minister Paul Lynch in Liverpool on
August 4.

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