Climate Council Media Release
Weary scientists make another offer to brief Nationals on climate.
Climate scientists reacted with deep dismay today as Nationals Leader David Littleproud made the ridiculous statement this morning that “there’s a way to tackle climate change rather than net zero.”
Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie urged Mr Littleproud to urgently accept briefings from leading climate scientists and emergency service experts, after he said on ABC Radio National that net zero was ”not the only solution.”
Ms McKenzie said cutting climate pollution was literally the only solution to the climate crisis: “Climate experts are ready and willing to brief Mr Littleproud on this issue anywhere, anytime,” she said.
“We hope David Littleproud doesn’t continue to bury his head in the sand and takes the opportunity to get informed on one of the biggest risks to our community.”
“Net zero is simply a goal to reduce climate pollution over the next 25 years.”
“Cutting climate pollution is the only way to solve the climate crisis. The burning of coal, oil and gas is driving the problem – there is no other magical solution than cutting the source of the problem.”
“At this stage this is weaponised incompetence. Deliberately ignoring reality for political points and peddling climate denial.
“If we don’t continue to cut climate pollution the flooding in Taree, Grafton and Lismore will become more and more frequent and damaging. Marine heatwaves will cause the terminal decline of the Great Barrier Reef.”
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Something tells me Littletobeproudof will not accept this invitation.
Facts are the last thing this vassal of big mining and fossil fuel providers wants to hear.
Littleprong is a rented, simple, devious, cunning, donor pleasing cutout figure without drive, mentality, or a soul for us or the planet. This country is a big, hacked, pocked, holed, aperture-studded wild blob and may remain so, peopled by too many wild blobs, katterised, paulined, fat frau cursed, barnabyed, ruined by applied ignorance, slow navigation, savagery. We cannot remain safe, if unaware, under educated, inactive.
“Climate Change” is just one facet of Environmental Degradation and we won’t reach “net zero” in the fors\eseeable future. I’d suggest the way we are going, trying to reach “net zero” will do more damage to the environment, than doing nothing.
Barnacle Juice must be fancying his chances of retaking his coveted position as chief dickhead of the mining lobby party.
I can imagine a frisson in the fat frau’s bloomers.
For me the existential threat to our future is polution – not climate change. Every nation in the world has a pollution problem and it is driven by uncontrolled commercialism coupled with uncontrolled industrialism that produce useless items that are readily discarded without thought for the environment.
For me the existential threat to our future is pollution – not climate change. Every nation in the world has a pollution problem driven by uncontrolled commercialism coupled with uncontrolled industrialism producing useless items that are readily discarded without thought for the environment.
He has made his bed and he will continue to lie in it. To do otherwise would mean massive personal embarrassment, his reputation (LOL) would literally be completely and utterly trashed.
They’re probably still painfully dumbing the science down to such a level that even Littleclue might, barely, comprehend it. That is if Ginormous hasn’t been whispering in his ear (and poking wads of “donations” into his pockets) at the same time.
Nah. How do you communicate with a lump of rock?