Adam Morton

Adam Morton

National Society Editor, Fairfax Metro

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Hazelwood lives as Canberra shoots itself in the foot

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Adam Morton For nearly half a century, Hazelwood - often described as Australia's dirtiest large coal power plant - has loomed large over Victorian life.

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Gillard makes tentative steps towards a greener, cleaner future

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Adam Morton The real test of the carbon price package is pretty basic: will it cut Australia's carbon dioxide emissions?

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Premier's backflip galling

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Adam Morton The Baillieu government is dumping the state target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent this decade.

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Coalition foggy on tackling emissions

Power plants located in the Latrobe Valley include Hazelwood Power Station, Loy Yang Power Stations A & B, Yallourn Power Station, The Latrobe Valley is nestled between the Strzelecki Ranges and the Great Dividing Range in Victoria, Australia. It is named after the Latrobe River which flows, eastwards, through it.Keywords, power, electricity, energy, grid, carbon gases, brown coal, pollution, global warming, emissions, carbon taxes. DIGICAM 00110136

Adam Morton Some of what the opposition proposes makes sense ... but cash hand-outs are the side dish in a coherent climate policy, not the full meal.

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