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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Greenhouse triple speak
Even though we seem to be living in an era of breathtaking double speak on matters relating to climate change, surely John Howard's declarations this morning must take the cake.The front page of the Daily Telegraph today screamed "I'LL LEAD ON GREENHOUSE" with an interview with the Prime Minister. Turns out that the John Howard's idea of 'leading' is a meeting with Australia's biggest coal exporters.
"Tomorrow he will chair a gathering of chief executives of companies driving Australia's $25 billion-a-year coal export industry. He hopes to form a "partnership" on a "strategy to best promote this country's interests" in the international greenhouse debate." - Daily Telegraph 14/11/06
So there you have it. The Prime minister's idea of leading on climate change is helping those who cause climate change to continue to make massive profits out of their $25 billion a year environmentally destructive industry.
posted by Ben Oquist # 2:22 PM 3 comments
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