Push to get taxpayer funds for Vales Point coal plant upgrade rejected
by Adam Morton Environment editor from on (#5146P)
Plant part-owned by Trevor St Baker was registered with emissions reduction fund but review said it should not qualify
A push by power baron Trevor St Baker to access a Morrison government climate policy initiative to pay for an upgrade at a 42-year-old coal power plant has been rejected after a review found it should not qualify.
As reported by Guardian Australia, the Vales Point coal plant in New South Wales was registered with the $2.55bn emissions reduction fund, the "direct action" policy introduced by Tony Abbott and extended by Scott Morrison, in August 2018.
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