Majority of Australians support phasing out coal power by 2030, survey finds

A majority of Australians would support phasing out coal power by 2030, including half the people in a sample identifying as Coalition voters, according to a survey by a progressive thinktank.

Anti-coal mining protesters join thousands
 at a march in Sydney on 24 March.

The research funded by the Australia Institute says 60% of a sample of 1,417 Australians surveyed by online market research firm Research Now supported Australia joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance to phase out coal power by 2030.

The Powering Past Coal Alliance – spearheaded by the UK and Canada – was unveiled at the COP23 climate talks in Bonn. The agreement is not legally binding, and the membership does not include Australia or other major coal exporters and users.

Read the story by Katherine Murphy from The Guardian - “Majority of Australians support phasing out coal power by 2030, survey finds.”