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"Outgoing Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson wants to see the renewable energy
industry get more active in the halls of government to fend off fossil
fuel-funded disinformation.
It’s been a year since the senator launched the federal inquiry that would
start unveiling who is funding fake climate and energy news, and he urged the
industry to play its “important” role in holding governments accountable to
stay true to their promises to deal with mis- and disinformation.
“The industry you are trying to replace literally runs some of the parliaments
of the world,” Which-Wilson said at the Australian Clean Energy Summit this
week.
“Now, do you think you are at that level where you feel like you have that
point of influence? And if not, why not? You have to think about how you get to
that point.
“Every environmental problem in the world is ultimately a political problem
because only politics and parliaments can solve them.
“I would probably start with trying to hold politicians to account… and see the
clean energy industry get a lot more involved in political lobbying.”
Mis- and disinformation has devastated communities involved with renewable
energy projects for years, from television news stations making things up in
stories about wind turbines and electric vehicles, to farmers being attacked
and ostracised for wanting to host projects on land they own."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
