17/09/2024
Snowy Hydro is currently applying for permission to burn SIX TIMES the amount of diesel they were initially approved for for the Kurri diesel/gas plant. SIX TIMES.
Both gas and diesel are polluting fossil fuels. But what this application shows is Snowy Hydro has plans to burn a lot more particulate heavy diesel for longer. This will have a serious and negative impact on the health of the Kurri Kurri community, which was recently ranked in the top 10 worst asthma hotspots in the country.
The Federal Government needs to put all their efforts into making this polluting project run on 30% green hydrogen from commencement as promised! Not endanger the local community and compromise a safe climate future.
The Kurri Kurri fossil diesel/gas plant should never have been built, particularly not with hundreds of millions of public dollars. Renewable energy firmed with big batteries should have been prioritised, and should be prioritised now. Renewable energy wouldn’t generate any harmful 2.5 particle pollution. It won’t make asthma rates worse, and it won’t contribute to dangerous climate change.
New data has identified hundreds of asthma "hotspots" around the country – most of them in regional Australia.
