Saturday, 13 October 2018
Quotes of the Week
“I fear that the danger of plastic bags is much exaggerated” [Former sacked prime minister & Liberal MP for Warringah Tony Abbott quoted in The Guardian on the subject of plastics polluting the environment, 6 October 2018]
“A key architect of the landmark Paris climate
deal has lambasted the Coalition government’s inaction on greenhouse gas
emissions, saying it “goes against the science”, squanders economic opportunity
and risks Australia’s international standing. Laurence Tubiana, a respected
French diplomat and economist, also says Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s claim
that Australia will meet its Paris targets “at a canter” is contradicted by
international scientific opinion.” [Journalist Nicole Hasham in The
Sydney Morning Herald, 3 October 2018]
“To me this particular event seems to show the Liberal party has
been taken over frankly by extremists on the hard right who aren’t particularly
motivated to win elections and aren’t particularly motivated to serve the
public. They’re just motivated by a crazy agenda.” [Alexander Turnbull, son of deposed Liberal prime minister Malcolm
Turnbull in The
Guardian, 11 October 2018]
Labels:
climate change,
Liberal Party of Australia,
pollution,
science
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