Peter Campbell joined Senate Candidate Dr Richard Di Natale and Melbourne Candidate Adam Bandt to protest over the plans by Gunns to sell power back to Victoria as Greens power at the Origin Energy Shop in Richmond on Friday.
Greens lead Senate candidate in Victoria Dr Richard Di Natale said that now the giant Gunns pulp mill had been given the go-ahead, consumers needed to be warned about the insidious link between old-growth forests and their power supply.
"When the pulp mill goes into production we will see a massive increase in the level of native forest logging for wood chips in Tasmania," Dr Di Natale said."'This will lead to the extinction of threatened wildlife and will significantly increase global warming.
"Forestry Tasmania has initiated proposals to burn wood chips from native forests for electricity generation. This power source will grow after the Gunns mill comes on line. Victoria and other states that are part of the national electricity market will be able to import electricity from Tasmania via Basslink.
"At a time when we desperately need renewable energy, the logging industry proposes to burn native forests for power generation under the guise of renewable electricity or 'green' power.
"We call on Origin Energy and other power suppliers, including TXU and AGL, to state explicitly to their customers and their shareholders that they will not purchase electricity from Tasmania generated from the burning of wood chips from native forests."
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