Aussies want renewables not coal - poll
The Australian, September 29, 2008
AUSTRALIANS want the Government to invest profits from an emissions trading scheme (ETS) in renewable energy not the coal industry, a Newspoll shows.
The poll, commissioned by Greenpeace Australia, found 84 per cent of respondents didn't want profits to be used to compensate the coal industry.
And just 10 per cent think coal-fired power generators should be compensated under the scheme.
Greenpeace spokeswoman Trish Harrup called on the Federal Government to amend its proposed scheme.
"Where is the investment in renewable energy Australians want to see?" she asked in a statement.
"The Federal Government's carbon pollution reduction scheme should be designed to do just that, not pay wealthy and polluting power companies to continue to pump carbon into the atmosphere."
Greenpeace says coal-fired power generators stand to gain cash compensation of around $1.2 billion under the proposed ETS.
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