Alcoa ties its future to polluting coal generation
Alcoa ties its future to polluting coal generation
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Environment Victoria has today condemned Alcoa’s decision to source its electricity from Loy Yang Power’s brown coal power station for the next 26 years.
Environment Victoria Campaigns Director Mark Wakeham said that it was unacceptable for aluminium smelters to be locking in such a polluting power supply until 2036 and that Alcoa should have been looking at renewable energy and gas-fired generation to power its two Victorian smelters:
Green Action News: Issue 8, Winter 2009
Green Action News
Issue 8, Winter 2009
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Reducing our coal dependence
Reducing our coal dependence
Friday, 5 March 2010
Green Online
According to the coal industry, greenhouse gases generated from coal through such activities as mining and power generation globally contribute around 25 per cent to the enhanced greenhouse effect. In Australia, around 90 per cent of coal's greenhouse gas emissions arise from power generation.
This is why Australia’s dependence on coal is alarming - a dependence that was highlighted earlier this week.
