ETU THE TIME FOR ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE WAS YESTERDAY

THE TIME FOR ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE WAS YESTERDAY. THE TIME FOR A JUST TRANSITION IS NOW Nicholas McCallum Posted on December 06, 2018 It's time to stop lying to coal-power workers and filling communities with unrealistic hope. It's time for a just transition. Australia has wasted the past decade by failing to take action on climate change and it’s cost us a lot more than higher energy bills. Inaction is slowing Australia down on renewable energy projects and it’s hamstrung local manufacturing that should be constructing the solar panels and wind turbines that will power local communities through the decades ahead. Inaction has cost valuable time and preparation in our inevitable transition away from fossil fuels and coal-fired power. That’s why the Electrical Trades Union is backing Labor and the creation of a national Just Transition Authority that brings together government, industry and unions so we can set Australia up to be a renewable energy super power. Because, let’s be serious, with the right policies in place Australia will do that easily. The Federal Liberal Government’s policy neglect has cost our coal-town communities more than anyone else. They’ve been fed lies by politicians who say the 19th Century energy technology that currently sustains their livelihoods will continue to power Australia through the 21st Century.