Senate debates

Tuesday, 28 November 2006

Questions without Notice

Climate Change

2:47 pm

Photo of Ian CampbellIan Campbell (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

I believe that carbon capture and storage is one of the technologies that you absolutely must have. I was happy to announce a $60 million grant to the Gorgon partners for their proposed development off the Pilbara coast of Western Australia to bury three million tonnes of carbon. As Eileen Clausen from the Pew Center, President Clinton’s chief climate negotiator, said to me last year, ‘Of all of the technologies you need, I agree that you need renewables, I agree you need energy efficiency, I believe the world will need nuclear—

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