ALLOWING the four-year-old Mount Pleasant open-cut to double its output to 21 million tonnes of raw coal annually until 2048 has been howled down by those demanding the global cutting of greenhouse gas emissions in the name of countering anthropogenic climate change.
Coal is the lowest of low-hanging fruit for the climate lobby, and the pressure on coal will only increase as other sectors of the economy - transport is a big one - are forced to do "their share" in reducing emissions.
