{"id":316,"date":"2009-10-07T08:41:27","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T07:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/?p=316"},"modified":"2009-11-26T09:11:31","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T09:11:31","slug":"australia-adopt-a-dinosaur-for-clean-energy-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/2009\/10\/07\/australia-adopt-a-dinosaur-for-clean-energy-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopt-a-Dinosaur for clean energy jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.actu.asn.au\/Media\/Mediareleases\/AdoptaDinosaurforcleanenergyjobs.aspx\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.actu.asn.au\/Images\/Dynamic\/AdoptaDinosaur1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"158\" \/>Australian union federation ACTU<\/a> is urging union members to \u201cadopt a dinosaur\u201d, in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleanenergyjobs.com.au\/\">campaign for clean energy jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The national union body says 20 years ago Australia was a leader in solar technologies. \u201cBut we failed to support the industry and our best and brightest went overseas. We don\u2019t want to miss out again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrong action on climate change will create huge jobs opportunities for Australians. We can lead in renewable energy, green building development and in smarter use of energy and resources. It will also enable Australia to be a global leader and play an active role in the fight against climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It says the green jobs push is being hampered by some politicians and business groups who \u201care acting like dinosaurs\u201d by blocking policy moves or \u201cseeking more handouts for big polluters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on its campaign, which includes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=75VlpFIT5PY\">TV advertisement<\/a>, ACTU says: \u201cAction on climate change can help Australia grow up to a million jobs in our new clean energy industries. Action will help create a cleaner environment and a stronger economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It adds: \u201cIf you want Australia to invest in a clean energy boom that creates jobs today, please donate today by adopting a dinosaur and helping them evolve. You&#8217;ll receive a dinosaur computer wallpaper.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian union federation ACTU is urging union members to \u201cadopt a dinosaur\u201d, in a campaign for clean energy jobs. The national union body says 20 years ago Australia was a leader in solar technologies. \u201cBut we failed to support the industry and our best and brightest went overseas. We don\u2019t want to miss out again. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/greenjobs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}