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December 20, 2006
So the ALP is renewed, refreshed, eager to take the fight to the Liberals and wrest the levers of power from Howard's hands in the next federal election. They are talking in terms of Australia needing an immediate commitment to a national carbon trading scheme that offers a possible, long-term global trading scheme. This would involve ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, developing clean-coal technology, increasing use of gas, setting greenhouse gas reduction targets, investing in renewable energy, and penalising companies that breach set emission levels.
What then of the old growth native forests? Where does the Rudd-ALP stand in relation to the native forest logging industry?
Rod Clement
Isn't logging native forests a negative for climate change? Did not the Stern report find that stopping land clearing and native forest logging is the first thing that should be done on a global scale to stop the onset of human-forced climate change? Don't old-growth forests store and absorb huge amounts of carbon, making their preservation a high priority in carbon trading and other efforts to tackle global warming?
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Did you laugh last week when Rudd was walking along the beach with a kid with a new bike?