Nationals call for scrutiny on large-scale clean energy projects

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The Nationals Party are calling for a moratorium on all large-scale clean energy projects like wind and solar farms. This is until they undergo proper approval processes by the federal government. It comes as the party rejects a motion from Barnaby Joyce to abolish its policy of net zero by 2050. Nationals leader David Littleproud told Sky News Australia that these renewable energy projects should go through the “same approval processes” that many of the resource projects would undertake. “If you’re going to knock down remnant vegetation and knock away remnant habitat then there has to be an environmental impact on that and the species that live there,” Mr Littleproud said.