Biomass Action Group: Biggest turnout yet at Condong biomass plant! Thanks to our supporters and speakers Mandy Nolan, Iaun Gaillard, Nola Firth, and #fridaysforforests’ Sean O’Shannessy.
Sending the message loud and clear that we need our forests now more than ever to draw down carbon, so do not accept biomass is the false solution it’s being sold us. We call on parliament to end the subsidies now!
NRG: “… a public gathering to protest the burning of bagasse, “forest waste”, and 120,000 tonnes of ‘industrial waste timber – with up to 10% plastic and 10% fabrics [also plastic?]’ by Cape Byron Power to generate electricity at the Condong sugar mill. This would include construction waste such as CCA treated timber, plastic, foils, etc. We do not want that smoke pumped into our atmosphere or washed into Tweed River!
The gathering was at the Condong sugar mill, north of Murwillumbah. The date aligned with international efforts to call attention to climate change ahead of the COP26 in early November (Glasgow, Scotland). This demonstration forms part of a global week of action demanding sensible decisions to stop climate change such as a ban on burning trees and other “waste.” We say CUT CARBON, NOT FORESTS. Please forward with #BigBadBiomass.”
For a sustainable future,
NRG”
BAG – Biomass Action Group: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=630852288286619&id=113707436667776&m_entstream_source=timeline
NRG – Northern Rivers Guardians: http://northernriversguardians.org
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