Press Release - Save Happy Valley Coalition
Tuesday 13 January

The Save Happy Valley Coalition is angered but not surprised by the revelation that Solid Energy is attempting to shape climate change policy.

"This is part of a concerted campaign by Solid Energy to deny responsibility for its contribution to climate change" says Save Happy Valley Coalition spokesperson, Malcolm France. "Solid Energy doesn't want to cease its activities and has resorted to funding a report in an attempt to delay government action on emissions reductions. The government cannot deny responsibility for the action of its SOE's.

"Solid Energy will do anything to prevent effective action being taken on climate change. We need to stop mining coal immediately and move towards greener forms of energy. Solid Energy is stuck in the last century and is desperately trying to cling onto a dirty and polluting industry.

"Carbon trading is not the solution to rising emissions from the coal industry and fossil fuel companies. We need an immediate halt to the use of coal and a move away from fossil fuels," Malcolm says.

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Note: The Save Happy Valley Coalition will be celebrating the three year occupation of Happy Valley on the 24th and 25th Jan 2009

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