[Peakoil] Fwd: [Greens-Media] MEDIA RELEASE - Howard will follow Murdoch on climate: Greens

[Alex P]

Yes and one of Murdoch's sisters and her brother-in-law are the benefactors 
who gaves $millions to the Australia Institute to set up the Climate 
Institute. 

Alex
O4O4873828

ACT Peak Oil
http://act-peakoil.org

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:30:05 +1000, Antony Barry <tony at tony-
barry.emu.id.au> wrote :

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> > From: "Willis, Katrina (Sen C. Milne)" <Katrina.Willis at aph.gov.au>
> > Date: 23 June 2006 12:05:55 PM
> > To: <media at lists.greens.org.au>
> > Subject: [Greens-Media] MEDIA RELEASE - Howard will follow Murdoch  
> > on climate: Greens
> >
> > MEDIA RELEASE
> >
> > Friday, 23 June 2006
> >
> > Howard will follow Murdoch on climate: Greens
> >
> > News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch has invited Al Gore to a board  
> > meeting
> > to discuss climate change and it is now only a matter of time before
> > Prime Minister John Howard gets on board, the Australian Greens said
> > today.
> >
> > "When the Coalition of the Willing went in to Iraq Rupert Murdoch
> > pledged to use News Corp worldwide to support the war, a move that
> > influenced global public opinion," Greens climate change spokesperson
> > Senator Milne said in Canberra.
> >
> > "It's obvious that Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, is already
> > having an influence at the highest levels.
> >
> > "Recognising the power of the Murdoch media empire, Prime Minister
> > Howard won't want to go into an election year on the wrong side of the
> > debate.
> >
> > "Even in the United States, which like Australia has not ratified the
> > Kyoto Protocol, there has been a massive shift in public opinion as
> > business has called for a price on carbon and an emission trading
> > scheme, and Australian businesses are catching on," Senator Milne  
> > said.
> >
> > "By contrast, the federal government is moving in the opposite
> > direction. There is no plan for Australia to achieve the 60 per cent
> > reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050 that is needed to avert  
> > dangerous
> > climate change.
> >
> > "In the Senate this week, the government rejected the Greens' move  
> > for a
> > comprehensive energy inquiry, an alternative fuels policy, and an
> > extension of the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target and it baulks at
> > requiring companies to implement identified energy efficiencies.
> >
> >  "The government has dug itself and the nation into a hole on climate
> > change, after a decade of stubborn refusal to address the problem.  
> > Watch
> > as it tries to buy its way out of the problem at next year's federal
> > election."
> >
> >
> > Contact: Katrina Willis 03 6234 4566 or 0437 587 562
> >
> >
> > Katrina Willis
> > Adviser
> > Senator Christine Milne
> > Phone 03 6234 4566
> > Fax 03 6234 2144
> > Mobile 0437 587 562
> > www.christinemilne.org.au
> >
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