| Where does Catherine King stand on Renewable Energy? |
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| Blog - The Big Picture - Andrew Bray |
| Written by Andrew and Tracy Bray/Bourne |
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Here in Ballarat our local member is Catherine King for the ALP. It's clear that Catherine is a hard working local member who prides herself on representing her constituents in Canberra. But when so much of this work is done behind closed doors, how do we know what's actually happening? And what if your member is reluctant to go on record with her views? BREAZE joined with Sustainable Hepburn Association and Moorabool Environment Group to meet Catherine at her office on Tuesday. We let her know we supported the government's price on pollution and asked where she stood on whether carbon price revenue should be used to fund renewable energy. Sadly, she was unwilling to put her views on the record. BREAZE, MEG and SHARE have surveyed 600 of Catherine's constituents for the 100% Renewable Campaign and it's clear the vast majority support renewable energy and they want to hear back from her about what she's doing to support it. If you'd like to know what Catherine thinks about supporting renewable energy through the carbon price, give her a call and find out. Her office number is 03 5338 8123. Let us know what you find out - 03 5329 1730. Our media release here. What would you like to see Catherine say about renewable energy? Leave your thoughts here. |
| Last Updated on Thursday, 19 May 2011 04:57 |
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“The world has edged incredibly close to the level of emissions that should not be reached until 2020 if the 2ºC target is to be attained... unless bold & decisive decisions are made very soon, it will be extremely challenging to succeed in achieving this global goal.”
What’s obvious is world governments’ll miss the boat on climate change & be left trying to limit damage.
What’s also plain is that parliamentary democracy may not be the best model of government to apply massive economic & social changes. If so the local MHR becomes redundant, as opposed to their currently being irrelevant.
What has failed is corporatist/capitalist democracy.
What aint surprising is the desperation of community climate groups to support of a carbon-tax that’s reliant on market-mechanisms & financial-vagaries. The promotion of the carbon-tax indicates that governments are historically too damned gutless to directly legislate GHG cuts & 100% renewable energy; 25 years ago Hawke set-up the Commission for the Future & promptly got bored, Howard sold-off its dead carcass, Keating ditched plans for a carbon-tax [1996/7] under pressure from industry – as per the local MHR: no new stories here.
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