Howard, Labor push `clean coal' pipe-dream
Zoe Kenny
20 April 2007

Those hoping for a more serious approach to tackling global warming from the federal ALP than the do-as-little-as-politically-possible tack of John Howard’s Coalition government should revise down their expectations. On February 25, Labor leader Kevin Rudd unveiled the centrepiece of his party’s “climate action plan” — $500 million in funding for “clean coal” technologies research.

Rudd’s announcement essentially pledges Labor’s support for Australia’s coal-mining corporations, led by BHP Billiton, Australia’s most profitable company. The Labor plan also includes $25 million to the CSIRO to bolster its research and development into clean coal.

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http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/707/36711