A new web site helps Australians determine where local politicians stand on issues relating to renewable energy and provides information on the progress of the solar revolution in each electorate.
Solar Scorecard provides a detailed breakdown of what each federal politician is (or isn’t) doing to support a range of renewable energy policies and incorporates information on the number of homes with solar power systems in each Member’s electorate.
Politicians are allocated either a sun, an emerging sun or a cloud according to their stance on each of 8 criteria. Where a ‘?’ is assigned, this indicates the MP’s stance on the issue is not yet known.
As part of the project, all politicians have been invited to respond to a solar survey by Monday 1 July to clarify their position on renewable energy issues.
100% Renewable is also sending an electorate-by-electorate Australian solar energy information resource called “solar briefers” to every Federal politician across the country; which includes the number of households in each electorate that have invested in solar, as well as data on their collective carbon dioxide emissions and energy bill savings.
Solar Scorecard is a project of 100% Renewable, a community campaign for clean energy.
Lindsay Soutar, National Director of 100% Renewable, says while polls show voters support a transition to renewable energy, the support of some politicians is shaky.
“That’s why we have developed these two resources. So that our politicians understand the scale of the transformation under way, and they understand that Australians want this transformation to happen.”
Ms Soutar says Australians need politicians to stand up to the companies that have controlled Australian energy for so long, to ensure that Australians can continue to take power back into their own hands, and so that Australia can make the most of its abundant renewable resources.
“Together, we can make sure that no matter who wins on September 14th, renewable energy wins as well.”
