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Letters to the editor and short takes Wednesday May 5 2021

By Letters to the Editor
May 5 2021 - 7:30am
NOT ON BOARD: Protesters at Nobbys on Saturday in opposition to PEP-11. Resources Minister Keith Pitt says he will take his time in deciding on it. Picture: Marina Neil
NOT ON BOARD: Protesters at Nobbys on Saturday in opposition to PEP-11. Resources Minister Keith Pitt says he will take his time in deciding on it. Picture: Marina Neil

IT is encouraging to see increasing acknowledgement throughout the Hunter of the need to move to clean renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. Resources Minister Keith Pitt is reported ('Break point', Newcastle Herald 20/4) as saying he will not rush a decision on a controversial application to explore for gas off the coast between Sydney and Newcastle. Similarly, those contesting the by-election in the Upper Hunter need to consider the reality of decreasing demand for coal and gas.

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