Global greenhouse pollution must peak and decline by the middle of this decade, and global demand for coal must begin to rapidly decline after 2016. In Queensland and NSW, 91 new and expanded coal mines are seeking approval by the end of the critical decade for global warming. It looks like Australia has no intention of staunching the flow of our coal to Asia, and working to limit global warming. It looks like we are actively choosing not to take action to stop the globe warming to a degree that will create, according to the Climate Commission “unprecedented changes in climate so severe that they will challenge the existence of our society as we know it today”.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 08:41:38 +0000
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