Australia's Queensland Reverses Policy, Pledges to Keep Using Coal Power

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Labor, which holds power in the federal parliament and most states and territories, advocates the rapid development of renewable energy.
57% : Many Liberal and National Party figures, however, oppose what they see as a too-rapid rollout of renewable energy that would blight the landscape and hobble the economy.
54% : "Queensland's coal-fired fleet is the youngest in the country and state-owned coal generators will continue to operate for as long as they are needed in the system and supported by the market," he said.
50% : Janetzki said sticking with coal generation in Queensland - a major coal producer - would save consumers money.
46% : Queensland's previous Labor government said 80% of the state's power would be from renewables by then, and it would have "no regular reliance on coal".

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