Greens leader Larissa Waters has refrained from taking a clear stance on the Robbins Island wind farm project in Tasmania. This renewable energy initiative, which would feature 100 turbines and become the largest wind farm in the state, faces opposition from two of her party's Tasmanian senators, Nick McKim and Peter Whish-Wilson. They argue that the project poses a threat to several endangered species.

In an interview on ABC's Insiders, Waters stated she was not sufficiently informed about the project to express a definitive opinion. However, she emphasized that renewable energy projects should not significantly harm biodiversity. "I don't know very much about that … we will be looking at that closely," she said. Waters acknowledged the need for careful site selection, stating, "I accept it has to be in the right place and if this one isn't, let's look at somewhere else to put it."

The Robbins Island wind farm received conditional approval from Environment Minister Murray Watt in August, following years of delays and multiple court appeals. The approval includes 88 conditions aimed at protecting endangered species, such as the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot and the endangered Tasmanian devil and Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle.

Senators McKim and Whish-Wilson condemned the approval in a joint statement, calling it "the worst possible place anyone could build a wind farm." Senator Whish-Wilson remarked, "The approval of this obviously inappropriate project will only serve to undermine community confidence in our already flailing rollout of renewable energy." Senator McKim added, "Of course we need more renewable energy projects, but this is the wrong project in the wrong place."

Former Greens leader Bob Brown, a Tasmanian, has also voiced opposition to the wind farm through his foundation. Waters stated that the rollout of renewable energy should be expedited alongside necessary reforms to environmental laws. The Labor government previously attempted to pass such reforms, aiming to balance the interests of environmental groups and businesses concerned about lengthy approval processes for major projects.

Under the leadership of Murray Watt, efforts to renew these reforms are underway, but the government has yet to provide details on changes to the proposal that failed in the last parliament. The Greens are advocating for legislation that would require the environment minister to consider the climate impacts of major infrastructure projects, favoring renewable energy initiatives while effectively blocking new fossil fuel projects.

Waters emphasized, "That will continue to be a core demand of ours. You can't have environmental laws that don't protect the environment or think about the climate impacts of what we do." She also called for an end to native forest logging and the establishment of "no-go zones" for certain applications, referencing the Bowen Basin.

While Waters did not endorse the Climate Change Authority's recommendation to quadruple wind power by 2035, she expressed support for increasing renewable energy. "I support quadrupling renewable energy. I have an open mind as to what particular technology will be the most efficient," she said, criticizing Labor's climate target as "pathetic" and potentially harmful to the environment.