Fed: New brown coal plant the wrong path - Greenpeace

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: March 12, 2007 | Copyright information


AAP General News (Australia)

03-12-2007

Fed: New brown coal plant the wrong path - Greenpeace

CANBERRA, March 12 AAP - Greenpeace says the federal government is taking the wrong
path in backing a new low-emissions technology power plant, fuelled by brown coal, in
Victoria.

The new project at Loy Yang in eastern Victoria is expected to benefit from a $100
million grant from the federal government.

Industry Minister Ian Macf...

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