With everything that we know about climate change, it is hard to believe that Australia is still proposing to build polluting coal power stations. The good news is you have a chance to lodge your opposition.
The NSW Rees Government has recently announced plans to build two new massive power stations, one in the Hunter valley (Bayswater) and the other in the Blue Mountains (Mt Piper).
Last week, Nathan Rees indicated that he would prefer gas, but in reality the plants could be either coal or gas (with coal being the cheaper option). If approved, these two polluting monsters would create as much pollution every year as all of the state’s cars, buses, trucks, planes and trains combined.
This is madness. It is time we drew a line in the sand and said “NO MORE” to polluting fossil fuel energy. All new energy should be from pollution free, renewable energy.
The government is doing a token community consultation and we need to drown them in submissions so that this becomes a public issue.
Please take two minutes to make your voice heard on the Bayswater power plant and Mt Piper.
Here are some quick dot points you can use to cut and paste into the submission:
1. Climate change is an urgent threat and we need to rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions, not increase them.
2. NSW doesn’t need new coal-fired power stations. Future energy needs can be met through energy efficiency measures and renewable energy.
3. New coal-fired power stations and associated mines will consume more of our precious and dwindling water supplies.
4. We should be investing in renewable energy and creating the clean industries of the future.
5. New coal plants are immoral and should be illegal.
6. All new energy should come from pollution free, renewable energy.
Don’t let the NSW government get away with locking us in for another 30 years of polluting coal power.
Submissions close on Monday, 26 October.
