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In response to the announcement, Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne, said that "the coal industry should be paying for its own research," she said."The coal industry has made mega profits for many, many generations at the expense of the atmosphere, and now we are all paying for that."<ref name="ABC"/> In her media release she pointed out the lack of any announcement for major funding for anything but coal. "Where is the $100 million fund to make Australia's world leading solar researchers a global knowledge hub? Where are the half a billion dollar funds to roll out solar thermal power stations, ocean power stations and geothermal demonstration plants? All of these are ready and able to provide vast quantities of base-load power well before a single coal power plant using geosequestration can be built," she said.<ref>Christine Milne, [http://christine-milne.greensmps.org.au/content/media-release/rudd-keeping-coal-life-support-why-wont-he-breathe-life-solar "Rudd keeping coal on life support. Why won't he breathe life into solar?"], Media Release, September 19th 2008.</ref>
The [[Minerals Council of Australia]], the peak mining industry lobby group, welcomed the announcement<ref>Minerals Council of Australia, [http://www.minerals.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/31399/MR008-_CCS_19_Sept_2008.pdf "Carbon Capture and Storage Institute – Missing Link in Climate change Strategy"], Media Release, September 19, 2008.</ref>
as did the [[CSIRO]].<ref>CSIRO, [http://www.csiro.au/news/PCCInstitute.html "CSIRO welcomes ‘Global Carbon Capture & Storage Institute’ initiative"], Media Release, September 19, 2008.</ref> The Victorian government made a grant of $25,000 to the Latrobe City Council for the development of a business plan to locate the the GCCSI in the Larobe Valley.<ref>[http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/newsroom/brumby-government-backs-victorian-push-for-global-carbon-capture-and-storage-institute.html "Brumby Government Backs Victorian Push for Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute"], Media Release, October 15, 2008.</ref>
==Preparing for the Official Launch of the Institute==
