Thursday, May 17, 2012

Brown coal's allure in new coal economy

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: CHRIS UHLMANN, PRESENTER: The Australian economy now rides on the back of a mining truck, with mineral exports fuelling the top end of the two speed economy. Now, a controversial new export industry is being proposed. The plan is to sell millions of tonnes of Victorian brown coal to overseas markets like India and Japan. Greg Hoy reports. GREG HOY, REPORTER: After decades feeding the furnaces of four giant power stations producing Australia's cheapest, if most carbon intensive, electricity, to...

URL: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3503600.htm

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