Last week saw many more powerful contributions from the local community. On the evening session more than 55 residents and concerned parties came to watch and support PVN. Presentations were of high quality and too numerous to be listed.
The R2.3bn Lonmin had transferred to Bermuda subsidiaries could have paid up 72% of the R12,500 a month its rock drillers were demanding, says Dick Forslund, an economist with the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC).
BHP Billiton is among the companies wanting to expand coal production in Indonesia.
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has long been vaunted by the coal lobby (and government, like Germany’s) as a technological life-saver. Don’t worry, they say, we’re on the verge of discovering a sound, safe and cheap method of storing all those emissions from coal-burning power plants, which comprise the largest single contributor to so-called “global warming”. However, such good news has been “just around the corner” for years. And so far, no project has been developed which fits the bill.
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has long been vaunted by the coal lobby (and government, like Germany’s) as a technological life-saver. Don’t worry, they say, we’re on the verge of discovering a sound, safe and cheap method of storing all those emissions from coal-burning power plants, which comprise the largest single contributor to so-called “global warming”. However, such good news has been “just around the corner” for years. And so far, no project has been developed which fits the bill.
