Clean coal centre ‘must focus on Australia’

The Federal Opposition has warned a new international clean coal research centre in Australia must focus on the country’s domestic needs.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today announced plans for the new body, which will act as a global centre to drive clean coal technologies in Australia and worldwide.
The Carbon Capture and Storage Institute is due to open next year.

The Prime Minister will pitch his plan to the United Nations General Assembly when he visits New York next week.

Mr Rudd said the institute would organise funding, from both public and private sources, for carbon capture projects, and also act as a centre for research and development.

ABC (Aus)