on โ21-09-2013 04:25 PM
PROFESSOR Tim Flannery has been sacked by the Abbott Government from his $180,000-a-year part-time Chief Climate
Commissioner position, with the agency he runs to be dismantled immediately.
No surprises in climate agencies' dismantling
"..Chief Commissioner, Tim Flannery, is Australia's Al Gore in that he is the figure most loathed and pilloried by the people who are
not convinced of the climate science. Much was made of his commissioner's salary and his supposed waterfront property..."
http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2013/09/19/3852408.htm
Are we really going to miss Tim? ...... I say NO.
Solved! Go to Solution.
on โ21-09-2013 05:45 PM
@izabsmiling wrote:Aside from the Climate Change Commission, Tony Abbott also plans to abolish the Climate Change Authority and the Clean Energy Finance
Corporation.
The Climate Change Authority was established to provide the government with independent advice regarding carbon emissions while Clean Energy Finance helps provide private investment
in renewable energy resources.
One of the election campaign promises of Tony Abbott was to repeal carbon tax oncompanies
tagged as the big polluters. The carbon tax was introduced in Australia by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard from the Labour party.
from the International Business Times link above .
Yes....my second post said - However, if the price on carbon is being abolished, the reasons for retaining the Authority are fewer.
.......They are no longer needed.
on โ21-09-2013 06:01 PM
on โ21-09-2013 06:02 PM
on โ21-09-2013 06:21 PM
@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:
@izabsmiling wrote:Aside from the Climate Change Commission, Tony Abbott also plans to abolish the Climate Change Authority and the Clean Energy Finance
Corporation.
The Climate Change Authority was established to provide the government with independent advice regarding carbon emissions while Clean Energy Finance helps provide private investment
in renewable energy resources.
One of the election campaign promises of Tony Abbott was to repeal carbon tax oncompanies
tagged as the big polluters. The carbon tax was introduced in Australia by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard from the Labour party.
from the International Business Times link above .
Yes....my second post said - However, if the price on carbon is being abolished, the reasons for retaining the Authority are fewer.
.......They are no longer needed.
Now here the thing .....does our current Government have a Climate Change policy ..have they made a commitment to address Climate Change ?
In your opinion does removing a price on Carbon control climate change ?
on โ21-09-2013 06:26 PM
Iza....Climate changes....it always has..always will.
..Natural Variation is just that.
on โ21-09-2013 06:32 PM
I'll leave it to scientists and those who know what they are on about thanks siggie ...just as I will do with the Fluoride in water issue
on โ21-09-2013 06:35 PM
Tim Flannery's view
Tim Flannery defends Climate Commission after Government scrapping
Professor Flannery, who is also a former Australian of the Year, has defended the commission's role.
"We've stayed out of the politics and stuck to the facts," he said.
"As a result we've developed a reputation as a reliable apolitical source of facts on all aspects of climate change.
I believe that Australians have a right to know - a right to authoritative, independent and accurate information on climate change.
"We've just seen one of the earliest ever starts to the bushfire season in Sydney following the hottest twelve months on record."
However, Professor Flannery says he is not aware of any organisation that can do the same job - not even the CSIRO or universities.
Professor Flannery says, despite the difficulties he experienced as commissioner, he would gladly do it all again.
"There's always a cost to anything you do. Trying to make a difference, you are sure to make a lot of enemies," he told Lateline.
"Bloody oath it was worth it. It's like a game of rugby ... you know you have to cross that try line with the ball no matter what's thrown at you.
"[For us] that's making sure that my children, your children and even the sceptics' children have a decent quality of life into the future."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-19/federal-government-scraps-climate-commission/4968816
on โ21-09-2013 06:50 PM
@izabsmiling wrote:I'll leave it to scientists and those who know what they are on about thanks siggie ...just as I will do with the Fluoride in water issue
Of course........Scientists do work for the Environment Department you know....
on โ21-09-2013 06:53 PM
New Environment Minister Greg Hunt phoned Professor Flannery yesterday morning to deliver the news in what was described as a
"civil discussion".
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on โ21-09-2013 06:58 PM
@izabsmiling wrote:I'll leave it to scientists and those who know what they are on about thanks siggie ...just as I will do with the Fluoride in water issue
the head , the nail etc. iza