Myths about 'harms' of renewable energy only serve the fossil fuel industry

Renewables are the only practical solution to slowing climate change that don't create further problems. Everything else is just a distraction, suggests Catherine Conlon

One tactic is to push the idea that renewable energy will damage the environment. A key example is the supposed threat wind turbines pose to birds. Climate change is a far greater threat to bird populations than wind turbines

"Imagine instead of fearing climate change we planned for it, embraced it and funded it," proposed climate activist Tara Shine last week.

The misguided belief that ‘it’s too late’ to act has been co-opted by fossil fuel interests and those advocating for them. It is another way of legitimizing business as usual.