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<a href="http://viral-money-machine.com/article/Pipeline-unnecessary-says-expert-/" target="_blank">Get Paid to Submit Article like "Pipeline unnecessary says expert "</a><br /><br />Climate change expert and Australian of the Year Professor Tim Flannery has criticized the planned $750 million pipeline, insisting there is no justification to build the pipeline to bring water to Melbourne.<br /> <br /> Construction has started on the north-south pipeline after the Federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, approved the project.<br /> <br /> Flannery says there is no evidence to support taking water from the already stressed Murray Darling system, to pump to Melbourne.<br /> <br /> He insists more attention should be given to replacing coal-fired power with cleaner energy, which would ultimately yield more water.<br /> <br /> "For every megawatt of electricity we generate here in Victoria you use two tonnes of water," he said. "Why are we dealing with the most antiquated, polluting, coal fired power plants just about on the planet...<br>Please continue reading <a title="Deforestation Watch" target="_blank" href="http://deforestationwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=637&Itemid=30">here</a>. You may find more environmental articles at <a title="Deforestation Watch" target="_blank" href="http://deforestationwatch.org/">Deforestation Watch</a>.