Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s hype about “Direct Action” doesn’t ring true
Greg Hunt hasn’t a lot to show for $660m spent on reducing greenhouse emissions, Guardian, Lenore Taylor, 1 May 15
While the environment minister is proclaiming a ‘stunning’ result, the money mostly went on projects begun under the previous government
Last week the government spent $660m to reduce Australia’s expected greenhouse emissions by 47m tonnes – a result the environment minister, Greg Hunt, described as “stunning” and one starry-eyed commentator suggested was so completely amazing it may have won the next election for the coalition.
So what stunning things did we get for our money? Did we start to transform our economy so we use less fossil fuel in the future? Did we buy lasting change? Not a lot. Mostly we spent it on making sure that projects begun under the former government kept going…….http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/01/greg-hunt-660m-spent-reducing-greenhouse-emissions
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Every informed voice is important especially N☢W since the nuclear industry and its supporters are doing everything they can to spread what I call Nuclear Baloney* (NB). N☢W it is even more important to call out those that are doing it, because without people like us, many readers that are not informed will be swayed by all those that seek Nuclear Payback**.
* http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nuclear+Baloney
What Phoboggers*** try and use to sidestep the reality of all the problems surrounding Nuclear Reactors; (like Safety, Fallout and the harmful effects of all kinds of radioactive particles) usually because of their connection to the Nuclear Industry!
** http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nuclear+payback
Those that support nuclear power because nuclear power somehow supports them; no matter what the health implications or other “costs” are for others.
*** http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Phobogger
A Phony Blogger, someone that is getting paid and or promoting Spin to disrupt a blog discussion.
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