Clean energy jobs
Christine Milne, Australian Greens Senator, compares the Labor Party Climate Change Hypocrites (do almost nothing) with the Liberal Party Deniers (do worse than nothing), and compares them with Britain, where the Conservative Party has 'leapfrogged' the Labor Party in ambitious Climate Change policy, and in the polls.
The Latrobe Valley in Victoria is currently partly dependent on coal for its economy, but if it is to survive into the future, it must move away from coal and tap into the renewable energy revolution. For this to happen the first power stations to be switched off should be the dirtiest, at Hazelwood and Morwell.
KC Golden discusses the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the 'confidence gap' in which the general public understands that fossil fuel dependence is a bad idea, but they are still unaware of the existing renewable energy solutions that can replace it, and much more.
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