How energy 'transition' became a dirty word in the Hunter Valley

LEADERSHIP: Singleton mayor Sue Moore said it was better to talk about economic evolution than transition in the Upper Hunter due to residents' concerns about their jobs. Picture: Simone De Peak

TO many in the Hunter, "transition" or "just transition" is a shorthand term for you are going to lose your job.

The phrases, initially developed by the trade union movement in North America to describe interventions to secure workers rights and livelihoods when economies shift from extractive reliant to renewables, are now dirty words.