The Conservation Council remains concerned the State Government has no effective long term strategy to curtail carbon emissions in WA.Earlier this week, the council criticised the Environment Minister Donna Farragher for giving conditional approval to three coal-fired power station projects.
The council says the decision entrenches carbon-producing coal power generation in WA at the expense of renewable energies.
The council's director Piers Verstegan says he has discussed the issue with the Premier Colin Barnett .
"Now we've talked to the premier about these issues. The premier has given us little comfort that there's any policy in place to seriously reduce our greenhouse emissions. That's very concerning to us."
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