Comments on: Democracy and science vs Big Coal: the final round? http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/09/democracy-and-science-vs-big-coal-the-final-round/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/09/democracy-and-science-vs-big-coal-the-final-round/#comment-4383 Paul Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-4383 Hmmm. Was that previous comment from Peter Logue of the Australian Coal Association?<br /><br />At least Dan Cass had the decency to acknowledge which team he's playing for.<br /> Hmmm. Was that previous comment from Peter Logue of the Australian Coal Association?

At least Dan Cass had the decency to acknowledge which team he’s playing for.

]]> By: peter logue http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/09/democracy-and-science-vs-big-coal-the-final-round/#comment-4384 peter logue Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-4384 Dan Cass is wrong and should do his job a bit better. The Australian Coal Association is not "lobbying Kevin Rudd to do nothing on Climate Change". He just has to go to the ACA's climate change website-www.newgencoal.com.au to see that industry fully accepts, and has done for many years, that it has a responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal for electricity. That's why it's spending over a billion dollars on getting low emissions coal technology to commercial stage. The ACA is lobbying the Government for fair treatment as an emissions intensive, trade exposed industry; Dan, this is not the same is denying the impact of coal on climate change and you should be honest about this. I'm pretty sure Greenpeace is also lobbying the Government, as it has every right to do in a democratic country. We are on the record many times as supporting a well developed and efficient Emissions Trading Scheme. That hasn't changed. The distort the position of the ACA by tying it to some comment by someone in the United States is disingenuous nonsense. It's also risky to predict what will be in a televison program that hasn't been aired yet. Dan Cass is wrong and should do his job a bit better. The Australian Coal Association is not “lobbying Kevin Rudd to do nothing on Climate Change”. He just has to go to the ACA’s climate change website-www.newgencoal.com.au to see that industry fully accepts, and has done for many years, that it has a responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal for electricity. That’s why it’s spending over a billion dollars on getting low emissions coal technology to commercial stage. The ACA is lobbying the Government for fair treatment as an emissions intensive, trade exposed industry; Dan, this is not the same is denying the impact of coal on climate change and you should be honest about this. I’m pretty sure Greenpeace is also lobbying the Government, as it has every right to do in a democratic country. We are on the record many times as supporting a well developed and efficient Emissions Trading Scheme. That hasn’t changed. The distort the position of the ACA by tying it to some comment by someone in the United States is disingenuous nonsense. It’s also risky to predict what will be in a televison program that hasn’t been aired yet.

]]> By: peter logue http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/09/democracy-and-science-vs-big-coal-the-final-round/#comment-4385 peter logue Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-4385 Paul, I'm not hiding anythin and nor would I. I assumed, wrongly, they'd run my e-mail address and title. It appears in the comments section of today's newsletter. Any comments on the substance of my response? Paul, I’m not hiding anythin and nor would I. I assumed, wrongly, they’d run my e-mail address and title. It appears in the comments section of today’s newsletter. Any comments on the substance of my response?

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