AGL has found support for its plan to shut the Liddell power station from a slightly unexpected quarter - protesters outside its Sydney office.
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The mixed group of shareholders, customers and environmentalists presented a petition signed by almost 12,000 people urging the company to close the Hunter Valley plant, ahead of Wednesday's AGM in Melbourne.
"AGL is Australia's biggest climate polluter and if it is to address climate change then the company needs to get out of coal," Nature Conservation Council campaign director Daisy Barham told Fairfax Media.
"They need to close Liddell, we can't rely on this clunker of a power station to keep the lights on."
The Nature Conservation Council said the estimated $1 billion required to keep Liddell open beyond its scheduled closure in 2022 should be invested in new clean energy generation.
Read Cole Latimer’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “AGL urged to close Liddell 'clunker' by protesters.”
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