Thursday, 7 November 2019, 5:32 pm Press Release: Greenpeace
"We want to congratulate Generation Zero and all of the
people who worked so hard to get the Zero Carbon Act across
the line," says Greenpeace climate and energy campaigner
Amanda Larsson.
"Now that the Zero Carbon Act is passed,
the Government can get to work on introducing policies to
cut climate pollution.
"Climate change won’t be fixed by
the Zero Carbon Act alone. The Government must now implement
bold and courageous policies that will roll out heaps of new
solar and wind energy, replace dirty transport with clean
alternatives, and support farmers to transition from
industrial to regenerative
agriculture."
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