Coalition’s no-zero, pro-coal policy will kill hundreds

Hundreds of Australians will die prematurely and thousands more will suffer health problems if the Coalition uses taxpayer funding to support coal-fired power stations beyond their closure dates.

Australia’s coal-fired power fleet causes hundreds of deaths and widespread illness in urban and regional communities each year due to fine particle pollution. The science showing the health effects of coal-fired power plant pollution has been analyzed for decades in peer-reviewed literature on the effects of death and illness, particularly Europe and the United States.