> News: $4.6 billion has been fast-tracked through the NSW planning process for the project and, according to Prime Minister
will “help Australia grow its way out of the economic challenges from the coronavirus” by providing jobs and stable environmentally friendly power storage.
Yet a report commissioned by the National Parks Association of NSW has found that Snowy 2.0 will result in an increase in both fossil fuel generation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with an extra 50 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted during construction and the first 10 years of operation.
Furthermore, as part of the application process for planning approval for a state significant infrastructure project, which Snowy 2.0 has been deemed, is that a thorough analysis of feasible alternative projects must be done to obtain the required Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
However, no such analysis has been undertaken by Snowy 2.0. Instead, the project hinges on a 30-year-old report that has been kept under lock and key. Snowy Hydro is citing “commercial in confidence” for why it won’t release the report.
> SAP: If "growing your way out of economic challenges" doesn't raise the alarm bells, what does? Is there a cover up?
