Slashing the RET and burning our forests

Earth Matters · Jul 5, 2015

Moves are afoot to keep Australia’s disastrous old-growth forest logging industry alive. Leaked documents have recently revealed what many have been saying for a long time, that logging in the East Gippsland region of Victoria isn’t economically viable and is propped up by taxpayer money. But as this industry loses more and more of its economic and social credibility, it seem that the federal government is keen to prop it up.The Abbott government has pushed through changes to the national Renewable Energy Target. These changes slash the target by 20% and include a change to the definition of…