"Bush commits cash to climate summit"
- The Age 12-1-2006
US President George Bush has agreed to contribute $US52 million ($A68 plus 1 million) towards environmental projects as part of the Asia Pacific partnership, according to US Energy Secretary Sam Bodman."
When even Bush and Howard are making token efforts towards projects to slash greenhouse gas emissions, Mosleys rearguard action on Global warming looks particularly forlorn.
The trouble with these reactionaries is the cost of opportunities already lost.
"Where there is no vision, the people perish." - Proverbs 29:18
"Green groups slam Howard climate pledge" - The Age 12-1-2006
"The Howard government's $100 million green energy pledge lacks leadership and is only a token gesture, environmentalists say."
Howard and Bush even make their sucker plays in unison these days.
"The $100 million (Mr Howard) has offered stands in comparison to the $55 million his government has spent on advertising their industrial relations changes and $150 million on upgrading the coal infrastructure in the Hunter Valley," Greenpeace spokeswoman Catherine Fitzpatrick said.
"The prime minister effectively said this morning that his government doesn't believe it's worth spending the money to really tackle climate change."
"The Australian people, battling bushfires, drought and heatwaves won't take kindly to that atbreastude."
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