Antinuclear

Speaking to the Ecogen conference in Brisbane yesterday, Senator Milne urged the sector to “take on the Coalition” while selling the benefits of renewable energy to the public….. “The renewable sector needs to get out there in the community. They need to step up and protect the Renewable Energy Target and get out there and say it’s essential and that we have to have it.

“They need to be out there promoting renewable energy as a solution to climate change and as a jobs creator and as a contributor to a more resilient and diverse economy.”

She said she believed the industry had been absent in the climate change debate because many stakeholders were smaller companies who relied on government funding to develop.“They’re concerned that if they do speak out, it will have adverse consequences for them. It’s time to get over it.”

She said the Coalition was trying to undermine government plans for a $10 billion clean energy finance corporation to invest in and give loans to renewable projects…..http://www.smh.com.au/environment/renewables-should-get-political-greens-20110906-1jvr5.html