Kevin 08 is about quitting coal

So Labor got up, big time. Congratulations to them. Their victory
represents a golden opportunity for the new government to take strong
leadership on the key election issue of climate change, by quitting coal
and delivering the deep emission cuts required to avoid dangerous global
warming.

While Kevin 07 was about winning the election, Kevin 08 will have to be about winning the battle against climate change, and this means quitting coal.

Climate change was one of the key election issues and was central to
the ALP’s winning campaign. Now Kevin Rudd has been elected, the nation
wants and expects to see real action on climate change.

John Howard could not be taken seriously on climate change because he
had always been a sceptic of climate science, refusing to sign the Kyoto
Protocol, and putting the narrow interests of coal companies ahead of
those of the Australian people.

While the climate change policies the ALP took to the election were
significantly better than those of the Coalition, they are still nowhere
near good enough. Emissions will continue to skyrocket unless Prime
Minister Rudd starts phasing out coal-fired power stations and replacing
them with renewable energy.

Ratifying Kyoto is a good first step. But the key indicator of the new
government’s success will be if emissions begin to decrease during this
term.

1. adele bernardi Says:
   November 27th, 2007 at 10:58 am

   i think you really need to stop climate change, they say that in 50 years, the water level will rise 7 meters!!!! that means that most little islands will dissapear that means no more relaxing sunny holidais in fiji. imagine what that will mean for the future children!!

   i may be only 12 years old but ive done a lot of research on this topic and i think that if we dont take drastic action now, the world is doomed!

2. Beck Ryan Says:
   November 28th, 2007 at 2:12 am

   I think the federal government needs to take control and put their foot down against money-hungry mining corporations and those members of our state government who are also dipping into this multi-million dollar money pot.

   Currently the Liverpool plains, a beautiful farming area only 5 hours out of Sydney is being ripped up by coal companies in a scavenge for coal. But what are we going to be left with after they have gone? A big hole in the ground and and even bigger hole in the ozone layer.

   And if that is not enough the State government has just recently allowed mining corporations to take out a second exploration licence in the Liverpool Plains near Caroona. This is just disgusting!

   Our new “green” prime minister needs to prove he has an environmental consciousness and take control away from the state government and fight against the mining corporations!

3. Keegs Says:
   November 28th, 2007 at 8:25 am

   It is sad that no one will do anything about climate change! Even though im only 14 im still confadent that we can change climate change! As i tell all my friends it wont be your generation that willl be crying it will be your childrens generation!!!!!