Greg Combet, Australia’s new Climate Minister keen on coal

how we can achieve in the longer term things like carbon capture and storage for coal-fired power stations.”

New Australia climate minister backs coal – Sept 13 (Reuters) – Australia’s new climate change minister, Greg Combet, believes the country’s coal sector has a future under government policies, ..

Combet, a former union worker, replaced Penny Wong in the post in Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s new cabinet announced at the weekend after last month’s election. [ID:nSGE68A003]

Australia is the world’s biggest coal exporter and the new minister said he would fight for the sector as he pushes a policy agenda to pursue renewable energy, energy efficiency and development of a carbon price for Australia, the paper reported…..The coal industry is a very vibrant industry with a strong future,” he told the paper.

“What you’ve got to do is look to how we can achieve in the longer term things like carbon capture and storage for coal-fired power stations.”

New Australia climate minister backs coal – paper | Metals & Mining | Reuters

September 14, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, climate change - global warming, politics | Australia, carbon, clean coal, climate change, climate change - global warming

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