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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
BARNABY JOYCE TELLS QUEENSLANDERS TO FIGHT ETS
Senator Barnaby Joyce told the audience at a public meeting in Roma last Friday to
fight the proposed emissions trading scheme legislation if they wanted to survive in
business and farming.
Senator Joyce made it clear he would continue to fight the proposed legislation as it
had the potential to ruin farming enterprises and increase energy costs for all in the
community without any environmental benefits.
The meeting was one of three convened in regional Queensland by the Australian
Climate Science Coalition [ACSC] and Property Rights Australia. Presentations on
climate science were given by Professor Bob Carter, lead science advisor to the
ACSC.
“This fight is now up to you” Senator Joyce told the audience in Roma. “I will
continue to do what I can, but you must tell politicians that you do not support this
legislation.”
In answering questions from the audience, Professor Carter said “The three very
reasonable questions put by Senator Fielding to Penny Wong, on the key science
issues underpinning the emissions trading scheme legislation, have not been
answered.”
“The minister cannot expect support for legislation, which will come at great cost, to
supposedly reduce already declining global temperature, while
at the same time;
levels of carbon dioxide continue to rise.
The proposed legislation will do nothing to mitigate the natural climate change we
are already experiencing” concluded Professor Carter.
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The Australian Climate Science Coalition, is an affiliate of
the International Climate Science
Coalition
and was formed by a group of scientists and professional people interested in
encouraging continued scientific research into the world’s climate and in particular into the effects
of increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The mission of the ACSC is to
promote open scientific debate on the causes of climate change. ACSC is an apolitical, not for
profit, science advisory group. For more information about the ACSC, visit www.auscsc.org.au
For further information or to arrange interview opportunities, please contact: Katy Denis,
ACSC PR Manager M: 0414 388 879 / E: kt@ktgcreative.com.au
October 12th 2009
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