Tony Abbott getting ready to reneg on the Renewable Energy Target
“If Tony Abbott goes ahead and breaks this election promise, he will severely damage Australia’s efforts at reducing carbon pollution,”
Tony Abbott inclined to drop RET: Mark Butler SID MAHER THE AUSTRALIAN DECEMBER 24, 2013 LABOR has accused Tony Abbott of preparing to break an election promise on the Renewable Energy Target as Nationals senator Ron Boswell called for the scheme to be scrapped completely.
After The Australian reported that senior electricity industry executives had begun talks on the possible shape of a new scheme in anticipation of government changes, Labor’s climate change spokesman Mark Butler said the RET had been a “clear policy success”, driving investment in wind and solar power and creating thousands of clean energy jobs.
But Senator Boswell, who has been one of the most outspoken critics of the scheme, said the RET should be “scrapped altogether…”
He said the RET had been a clear success, driving a big expansion of wind and solar power as well as thousands of new clean energy jobs.
“Jobs in the sector have tripled, wind power tripled, households with rooftop solar increased from under 8000 to more than one million and renewable energy increased its share of the National Electricity Market by 25 per cent in 2012-13,” Mr Butler pointed out.
“Any decision to interfere with Australia’s Renewable Energy Target can only be motivated by spite and base politics.
“Tony Abbott falsely claims the Renewable Energy Target increases the cost of electricity and harms manufacturing in Australia. It is Tony Abbott that is hurting manufacturing in this country. “If Tony Abbott goes ahead and breaks this election promise, he will severely damage Australia’s efforts at reducing carbon pollution,” Mr Butler said.http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/tony-abbott-inclined-to-drop-ret-mark-butler/story-e6frg6xf-1226789140519#
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