Wind and solar ‘destroy’ environment ‘they’re there to protect’: David Littleproud

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says wind turbines and solar panels “destroy” the natural environment they are “there to protect”. Opposition leader Peter Dutton is being criticised for delaying the release of his nuclear energy policy. The Coalition was set to unveil the full details of its nuclear plans before the May Budget. “You’re actually asking for less pushback and less impact on the community because you take away the 28,000 kilometres of transmission lines because you’re plugging it into where existing power stations are,” Mr Littleproud told Sky News Australia. “The footprint of a nuclear power plant is a matter of hectares, not hundreds of thousands of hectares in individual regions to actually put wind turbines and solar panels up that are destroying the very thing that they’re there to protect – the actual natural environment.”