Support the Clean Air Bill

We all have the right to breathe clean air. But right now, coal-fired power stations are pumping out toxic emissions that are increasing our risk of serious illness.

That’s why we’ve introduced the Clean Air Bill. If passed, it would tighten emissions restrictions on all coal-fired power stations, effectively requiring the installation of emission control technology that has long been standard across the United States, Europe and China.

For too long, coal-fired power stations have profited, refusing to pay for new emission control technology while forcing communities, like those across the Hunter, to pay the price with higher rates of serious illnesses like heart disease, lung cancer and asthma. And it’s not just people living nearby who are at risk – these toxic emissions travel over 200kms, across Sydney and throughout the state.

By tightening emissions restrictions on all coal-fired power stations in NSW, we can put the costs of managing their pollution back on the fossil fuel industry and protect the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Send an email to Liberal, Labor and crossbench MPs demanding they support our Clean Air Bill now.

Demand Labor, Liberal and crossbench MPs support our Clean Air Bill now.

No matter who we are or where we live, we all have a fundamental right to breathe clean air. From the Central Coast and the Hunter, to Lithgow, Sydney and beyond, that right should be afforded to each and every community across our State. But right now the five remaining coal-fired power stations in New South Wales are exposing our communities to dangerous levels of toxic emissions.

For too long these multimillion dollar businesses have profited, refusing to pay for new emission control technology while forcing communities, like those in the Hunter, to pay the price with higher rates of serious illnesses like heart disease, lung cancer and asthma.

And it is not just people living nearby to the power stations who are at risk. Some of these toxic emissions travel over 200 kilometres, across Sydney and throughout New South Wales.

That’s why I’m emailing you today asking that you support the Clean Air Bill introduced by Greens NSW MP Abigail Boyd.

It’s a simple bill that has a very clear intention: to protect people's health by ensuring that the remaining coal-fired power stations in New South Wales are made to clean up their act.

The bill does this by setting stricter limits on toxic emissions and effectively mandating the installation of emission control technology that has long been standard across the United States, Europe and China. By doing this we could reduce air pollution from coal-fired power stations by over 85%.

Our right to breathe clean air has been ignored for too long by successive governments doing the bidding of the fossil fuel industry. By passing the Clean Air Bill we can put the costs of managing their pollution back on them and can protect the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Please, vote to support this important Bill.

SUPPORT THE CLEAN AIR BILL