26 Jun 2006
State Environment Ministers have accused the Commonwealth of attempting to curb the growth of wind farms in Australia in favour of nuclear power.The states have rejected a plan to introduce a national code for wind farms, put forward by the Federal Government at a meeting of state and federal Ministers in Sydney today.
The Victorian Environment Minister, John Thwaites, says the code would have created another bureaucratic barrier to the growth of a renewable energy source. "The lack of support for wind farms from the Howard Government is coming at the same time they seem to be supporting nuclear energy," he said.
"We believe that clean, green, renewable energy wind farms are much more the way to go. "It's a much more preferable way to go than going down the track of nuclear energy." The Federal Environment Minister, Senator Ian Campbell, says the states should be embracing all forms of renewable energy, including nuclear power.
"Ruling out one technology effectively puts your head in the sand on greenhouse and on energy security," he said. "Australians deserve an honest, open and well informed debate on all of their energy options."
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