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Environmental groups -- including Environment Victoria announced that they have called , Greenpeace and Stop HRL -- organised a rally protest against the EPA's decision on the steps of State Parliament on May 24 in response to the EPA's approval of the project.<ref>Environment Victoria, [http://www.environmentvictoria.org.au/content/urgent-snap-rally-no-new-coal-victoria Urgent Snap Rally: No New coal for Victoria"], Environment Victoria website, May 20, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/news-and-events/news/Climate-change/stop-hrl "Stop HRL: Hundreds to rally against new coal plant"], Media Release, May 24, 2011.</ref> The snap rally attracted 300 people. "We're going to tell investors, super funds, bank, joint venture partners, whoever it may be, that this is a project, that if they get associated with, there's going to be a massive community campaign all over them," Julian Vincent from Greenpeace said. Environment Victoria's Camapaign Manager, Mark Wakeham told the crowd that "we cannot tackle climate change if we are building new coal-fired power stations."<ref>Alison Savage, [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/24/3225698.htm "Protesters demonstrate against new power plant"], ''ABC News'', May 24, 2011.</ref>