We are growing greener by the thousands

Latest quarterly sales figures for Green Power show that in the last year voluntarily green power sales have grown by 47 per cent.

In NSW alone, the number of green power customers has more than doubled in 12 months.

When people choose accredited green power, their energy retailer is obliged to source the equivalent amount of electricity from renewable sources, like wind and solar.

"The new figures show 565,977 ordinary Australians are doing their bit by buying green power," said Climate Change Campaigner for the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), Tony Mohr.

"Collectively these Australians are preventing nearly 4.2 million tones of greenhouse gas emissions entering the atmosphere every year," Mr Mohr said.

"That's equivalent to taking 930,000 cars off the road and is five times the emission reduction achieved by the Government's phase out of incandescent light bulbs.

"The Federal Government needs to catch up with ordinary Australians by committing to 25 per cent green power for Australia by 2020.

"The US House of Representatives recently passed a bill requiring energy companies to provide 15 per cent of electricity from renewables by 2020, but our Government has refused to extend its 2 per cent target and has even indicated it might scrap existing renewable energy targets once an emissions trading scheme is introduced.

"The Opposition says it supports a renewable energy target, but hasn't said what that target should be."

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