Social decisions play a major role in mitigating GHG emissions

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ocial decisions will play a major role in mitigating the emissions that culminate in climate change.

There has been significant social
pressure around the closure
of the brown coal
Anglesea power generator.

And it is that which has led to the closure of the rather dirty Anglesea brown coal generator.

Reneweconomy wrote: “It could be the classic tale of a stranded asset. And one that should resonate throughout the energy and investment sector. Even when Alcoa announced 15 months ago it would close its Point Henry aluminium refinery near Geelong, it refused to shut the highly polluting brown coal coal fired generator that had supplied the refinery for 46 years.

“Alcoa reasoned that someone must want to buy its output, or even the generator. “Alcoa believes the Anglesea power station is a viable asset and that is why it will be offered for sale,” a spokesman said in early 2014.”

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