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Agriculture Farming Rural
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Australian Firefighters Climate Alliance
Firefighters counter misinformation on battery storage risks
Anti‑renewables campaigners are increasingly weaponising community concerns about battery storage systems, spreading misinformation that threatens to derail Australia’s urgent energy transition. Australia, like other carbon‑intensive nations, must take decisive action to prevent climate change impacts from becoming irreversible. An important part of this action must include a rapid shift away from fossil fuels to renewables, storage, and energy efficiency. Sadly, the energy transition is increasingly bogged down in a culture war quagmire that isdriven by conservative media, politicians and vested interests. Misinformation is rife, and shared widely on social media. A common line of attack against renewable energy systems –…