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NSW: Power station protesters call for action on climate

22 Nov 2008 1:53 PM

Protesters have gathered at one of Australia's largest coal-fired power stations to vent their anger over the federal government's failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Over one hundred people will protest outside the Eraring Power Station in Lake Macquarie .. New South Wales .. for a week in the lead up to the UN climate talks in Poland in December.

Eraring is equal biggest coal fired power station in the country and is responsible for more than 12 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year.

The protesters have called on the government to commit to reducing Australia's greenhouse emissions from 2010 .. before the federal election.

AAP RTV cjbka

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