Protesters picket Qld coal conference
By admin • Jun 16th, 2008 • Category: Conferences & Events, Energy, Environmental Policy, Featured, Global WarmingProtesters have rallied outside a major coal conference in Brisbane calling for more Queensland Government support for renewable energy.Macarthur Coal, Queensland Rail and the Queensland Resources Council are attending the Queensland Coal 08 conference at the Stamford Plaza in the city’s CBD to discuss the future of the coal mining industry.
Protester Kristy Walters says greenhouse gas emissions from the coal industry are a serious contributor to climate change.
“The coal industry is fuelling climate change,” she said.
“It’s been proven in a number of different studies and we have renewable technologies that are available now and are sustainable and this should be the way of the future.”
Source: ABC Online, Australia
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