Charlton Choking on its own Greenhouse Gases

Eraring Power station is the highest CO2 emitting power plant in Australia, producing 18,321,400 tonnes of CO2 annually from a ‘dirty’ style power plant according to the Carbon Monitoring for Action Database at the Centre for Global Development that went online this week.

“The carma.org website makes it easy to see who is producing how much CO2 and it’s certainly a shock to find out that we have a major global issue on our doorstep” said Greens Candidate for Charlton Suzanne Pritchard

“We all new that Lake Macquarie was the best place is Australia but being best at producing a major greenhouse gas is not good for the region or the planet” Ms Pritchard said

New South Wales is home to the two largest CO2 emitting power stations in Australia, and worldwide our nation is ranked 7th according to the CARMA database.

“There is unequivocal evidence that greenhouse gases are responsible for global warming. The local impacts of rising lake levels, increased storm surges, floods and bushfires are going to be major challenges for the future. Unless there is political will to set us on a new course the course we’re on will doom us all.” Ms Pritchard said

“The coal and power industries are heavily subsidized by the government, they have three centres for research and yet the renewable energy industry has been starved of funds to the point where our international edge and expertise is hanging on by a solar cell. The Greens will invest in renewable energy research” Ms Prichard said

“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently stated that current global warming effects that we are experiencing can only be matched by the models if the ‘worst case scenario’ is followed and that is a 6 degree rise in temperature. The Greens will base all climate policy on constraining global warming to less than 2 degress” Ms Pritchard said

“Politicians have a duty of care not just for the economy but to ensure there is a planet to live on now and in to the future, the current policies of both the major parties are ignoring the fact that the planet is in crisis. They are concerned about interest rates from 20 years ago and yet have no interest in the next 20 years.”

“We get the politicians we want, and we will get the planet we want as well at this election. We have to start turning the titanic mindset of the politicians or we will hit the iceburg, we may not sink but the rising sea levels will get us anyway.” Ms Pritchard said.