Wind and solar farms have already knocked down thousands of hectares of prime habitat for threatened species, which is a trigger for an extra layer of scrutiny on the development under national environment laws.More projects impacting threatened species are coming through the national environment regime now, but the Albanese government is caught between twin pledges to more than double renewable energy in the grid while ending Australia’s steady stream of native species extinctions.
“We support a rapid transition to a renewable energy economy. Absolutely, this has to be done. If we want to stop ongoing loss of biodiversity in already highly damaged landscapes, we’ve got to stop targeting natural vegetation for these sorts of developments,” Wintle said. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has vowed to keep pushing the state’s plan for a new port terminal in protected wetlands south-east of Melbourne. Allan has a pressing deadline. The government has pledged to install a whopping 9 gigawatts of offshore wind generation capacity by 2040 – roughly 25 per cent of the grid’s current capacity.
“We can nip in the bud the sort of issues that led to the Port of Hastings project being rejected because of unacceptable environmental risks,” Hurley said. This is a threat to the Albanese government’s signature climate agenda because replacing coal with more renewables is the cornerstone of the policy and its goal to cut emissions by 43 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030.
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