When Rob Oakeshott opens his local paper on Wednesday, he’ll see messages from young Australians, urging him to withdraw his motion that would allow burning native forests to be counted as ‘renewable energy’.
We have a full-page ad slot ready to go in the Port Macquarie News – can you chip in now to get the ad in the paper?
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On Friday, we asked you tell Rob he’s making a big mistake, because burning out native forests not only destroys habitat, it also releases tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere.
Now we want to put your messages where everyone in his electorate will see them and where he can’t ignore them. We know he gets a copy of the paper every morning. Imagine as he opens the paper on Wednesday and sees that thousands of young Australians are asking him to protect our forests and invest in real renewable energy instead.
We can’t do this unless AYCC members chip in to buy the ad.
We know Rob is sensitive to pressure in his local community, and he wants to do the right thing on climate change.
If we create a huge outcry, we can force him to withdraw the motion before the vote, which will happen in the next few weeks.
Why is Oakeshott’s motion so bad?
When Rob agreed to pass the carbon price, he agreed that burning native forests wouldn’t be a part of ‘renewable energy’. Now he’s going back on his word.
His motion does the following things:
1. It incentivises the destruction of native forests by treating it as a renewable energy source, when we know that burning native forests releases tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, and destroys habitat for native animals.
2. It ruins the integrity of the Renewable Energy Target, by allowing generation from native forest biomass, instead of truly renewable sources like wind and solar.
