‘Total failure': Calls for tougher controls as coal-related pollutants jump

Coal-related pollutants continue to rise at many of the country's biggest mines, power plants and export facilities, prompting demands for stricter controls to limit health damage costing billions of dollars a year.

Last smoke from the chimneys at the
 Hazelwood power station, Morwell. 

The latest National Pollutant Inventory, released at the end of March, revealed the extent of 93 key toxins from 4000 enterprises, including particulates that can spur premature death by worsening existing heart and lung conditions.

Read Peter Hannam’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “‘Total failure': Calls for tougher controls as coal-related pollutants jump.”