Clean electricity key to greenhouse cuts: Australia - Reuters

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Source: Reuters

Clean electricity key to greenhouse cuts: Australia
Wed Aug 1, 2007 3:04AM EDT

By Michael Perry

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The world's electricity must be generated
from zero or near zero-emission power plants by 2050 if a 50
percent cut in global greenhouse gas emissions is to be achieved
by mid-century, Australia's Environment Minister said on
Wednesday.

Australia, a long-standing critic of the Kyoto Protocol and heavily
reliant on traditional coal-fired power, says clean-coal technology,
most notably carbon sequestration or burying carbon underground,
is the key to achieving such a goal.

"The fundamental reality is by 2050 all or almost all of the power
stations in the world will have to be zero or near zero emissions,"
Malcolm Turnbull told Reuters in an interview.

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Environmental critics such as Australia's Greens party say clean-
coal technology such as carbon sequestration will not make deep
cuts in emissions in the necessary time frame.

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(Turnbull) "The deployment of clean-coal technology...is something
we expect to be able to achieve within 15 years," he said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSSP2313520070801

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Turnbull goes on to describe efforts prevent deforestation through
monitoring and managing forests to encourage investment in
sustainable practices.