Exclusive: More than two dozen renewable energy projects lodged with the Commonwealth for assessment could damage koala habitat, posing a delicate environmental conundrum for the Albanese government
A massive expansion of renewable energy is critical to the Albanese government meeting its upgraded climate target, while Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek hasThe projects registered with the department that would threaten koala habitat would remove habitat trees for site development and access roads as well as potentially fragment the species’ natural range, which has already been decimated.
When any of these projects progress to final approvals, scrutiny of her actions will be intense, following thePlibersek says she is prepared to take on big business on development decisions, like she did earlier this month when she vetoed the development of Clive Palmer’s proposed central Queensland coal mine in the catchment of the Great Barrier Reef, vowing to end what she calls the pro-industry stance of the former Coalition government.
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has set a target to grow renewable energy from its current proportion of 30 per cent of the grid’s power to 82 per cent by the end of the decade. Bowen has said Australia will need to install 40 seven-megawatt wind turbines each month and install 22,000 500-watt solar panels a day, for the next eight years.
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