Divorce 'bad for climate'

Published on Tuesday 24 February 2009 21:48

LASTING marriage is good for the planet as divorce leads the newly single to live wasteful lifestyles, an Australian senator said yesterday.

Steve Fielding told a senate hearing in the Australian capital, Canberra, that divorce worsened climate change as separated couples needed more rooms, more electricity and more water, which increased their carbon footprint.

Mr Fielding, who leads the independent Family First party, grew up in a family of 16 children and has been married for 22 years.