Rooftop protesters challeng Australia’s Minister for Coal, er – Climate Change
“Every dollar that goes back to the billionaire coal companies is a dollar that doesn’t go to ordinary Australians or into renewable energy projects.”
Protesters scale climate minister’s roof, Sydney Morning Herald, 
May 16, 2011 Environmental activists have scaled the roof of Climate Change Minister Greg Combet’s electorate office to protest the federal government’s carbon tax policy.
Four protesters from Rising Tide climbed onto the roof at Cardiff, in Newcastle’s west, about 6am (AEST) on Monday.
They put solar panels on the roof and have unfurled a banner saying: “Make Polluters Pay, Fund Renewable Energy!”
Rising Tide spokesperson Naomi Hogan said the protesters won’t come down until they receive a commitment from Mr Combet that the government’s plan to price carbon will include new renewable energy projects.
The group is against big carbon emitters being compensated once the government legislates a price on carbon.
“We are calling on Greg Combet to assure the Australian people that the carbon price will actually bring down our pollution and deliver clean renewable energy, not give away funds for more of the same old polluting power,” Ms Hogan said in a statement.
“Every dollar that goes back to the billionaire coal companies is a dollar that doesn’t go to ordinary Australians or into renewable energy projects.”…Protesters scale climate minister’s roof
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