Greens will not give up on renewable energy feed-in tariff

”The entrenched fossil fuel lobby still fills the airwaves and the corridors of parliaments with their nonsense that renewables cannot deliver and that clean coal or nuclear power are the only answers.

while the Government seems oddly implacably opposed to a feed-in tariff, we are not giving up on this world-leading policy option

Renewables could power nation: Milne, Canberra Times, BY CHRIS JOHNSON, 05 May, 2011 Opposition to renewable energy is more dangerous now than denying climate change even exists.

That’s according to Greens senator Christine Milne, who will use an address to the Clean Energy Council conference in Melbourne today to criticise the Government’s failure to fully embrace the sector…….

Senator Milne said renewable energy was the ”fastest growing energy sector on the planet” but the Labor Government would not get on board. ”Here in Australia, the more things change, the more they stay the same,” she said.

”These are the renewable energy denialists who, if anything, are more dangerous now than the climate denialists who are finally being sidelined in the inevitable momentum towards a pollution price.”

Senator Milne said the Government was not serious about setting carbon reduction targets and that it regarded renewable energy as little more than a niche industry.

But she insisted that renewables provided a real alternative that could power all of Australia in just a couple of decades.

”While Labor is still wedded to its outdated target to reduce Australia’s pollution by 60per cent by 2050, the Greens read and understand the climate science and are committed to setting Australia on the path to a zero emissions economy as soon as possible,” Senator Milne said.

‘[And] while the Government seems oddly implacably opposed to a feed-in tariff, we are not giving up on this world-leading policy option……..http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/renewables-could-power-nation-milne/2153644.aspx