French government signals end of Victoria's Hazelwood coal plant

By Adam Morton
Updated May 26 2016 - 7:13pm, first published 4:54pm
A postcard sent the French gopvernment by supporters of Environment Victoria calling for Hazelwood coal plant and mine to be shut.
A postcard sent the French gopvernment by supporters of Environment Victoria calling for Hazelwood coal plant and mine to be shut.
French Environment Minister Segolene Royal reading the Environment Victoria postcard calling for Hazelwood to be shut.
French Environment Minister Segolene Royal reading the Environment Victoria postcard calling for Hazelwood to be shut.
The French government has signalled the owner of the Hazelwood power station will close or sell the Victorian plant. Photo: Joe Armao
The French government has signalled the owner of the Hazelwood power station will close or sell the Victorian plant. Photo: Joe Armao

The French government has thrown fresh doubt over the future of the Hazelwood brown coal power station, signalling the owner will close or sell the greenhouse-intensive Victorian plant as part of an "exit plan" from coal.

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