Outgoing Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson wants to see the renewable energy industry get more active in the halls of government to fend off fossil fuel-funded disinformation.
It’s been a year since the senator launched the federal inquiry that would start unveiling who is funding fake climate and energy news, and he urged the industry to play its “important” role in holding governments accountable to stay true to their promises to deal with mis- and disinformation.
“The industry you are trying to replace literally runs some of the parliaments of the world,” Which-Wilson said at the Australian Clean Energy Summit this week.
“Now, do you think you are at that level where you feel like you have that point of influence? And if not, why not? You have to think about how you get to that point.
“Every environmental problem in the world is ultimately a political problem because only politics and parliaments can solve them.
