HAZELWOOD power station isn’t exactly around the corner from the beautiful Border region but that’s no reason to ignore it.
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All day, every day, all night, every night, it’s pouring out coal pollutants that threaten our collective health and well-being.
These pollutants are linked to health problems including cancer, heart disease, stroke, respiratory and reproductive problems.
No wonder doctors call coal-fired power stations death factories.
But Hazelwood’s days as a death factory could be drawing to a close.
The federal government is due to make a decision on the future of Hazelwood by the end of June.
Surely they will show the same leadership Indigo Shire Council demonstrated two years ago when it became the first council in Australia to pass a motion in favour of retiring Hazelwood.
Let’s get ready to celebrate an end to the Hazelwood era and herald a real transition to renewable energy.
Less pollutants, less illness, more jobs, cleaner air.
Let’s enter the modern world.
Let’s replace Hazelwood.
— LIZETTE SALMON,
West Wodonga