Clive Hamilton on the CPRS at Climate Change Rally Melbourne

Clive Hamilton on Climate Change, speaking on the Government watering down its own CPRS legislation to get support from the Liberal Party for its passage through the Senate.

Clive Hamilton is an Australian author and public intellectual. In June 2008 he was appointed Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, a joint centre of the Australian National University, Charles Sturt University and the University of Melbourne. He is the Greens Candidate for the Liberal held seat of Higgins.

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.

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

"Two days before the beginning of the vitally important Copenhagen conference, the voters of Higgins will have an opportunity to send a powerful message to both the Rudd Government and the Turnbull Opposition that they will not tolerate Australia became a laggard nation once again and that urgent and far-reaching measures must be taken."
http://www.clivehamilton.net.au/

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