Climate Rally: Adam Bandt on CPRS Labor subsidies to coal

Adam Band speaking on the Government watering down its own CPRS legislation to get support from the Liberal Party for its passage through the Senate. The compensation to the Fossil Fuel lobby was substantial.

A Climate Emergency Rally in Melbourne was called at short notice for Wednesday, November 25 for 1pm. The Kevin Rudd Labor Government had announced the previous day the negotiations with Ian McFarlane of the Liberal Party to water down the Government legislation for an Emissons Trading Scheme - the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. Additional compensation to industry of $7.01 billion, including handouts to Coal Industry doubling to $1.5 billion, and $4 billion more in free permits to coal fired power station owners, and $1.1 billion to mining and manufacturing sector for increased energy prices. Less compensation to households.

Adam Bandt is the Greens candidate for Lindsay Tanner's seat of Melbourne, was the first speaker.

See Photos of Rally:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/takver/sets/72157622872521016/

Read Greens Senator Christine Milne's inspiring speech (2nd Reading Speech on CPRS) on the political deal regarding the CPRS huge subsidies to the coal lobby, selling out future generations of Australia due to inadequate (woeful) targets. And each and every Senator should know the science, which they are effectively ignoring . http://bit.ly/6dGKWA

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