Hopefully Key watches this…
Obama addresses a climate conference in LA by video:
“Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response.”
Obviously a relatively glib political speech, but the message is all there, along with some solid targets as well.
It's a shame that NZ doesn't have this kind of leadership.
An interesting press release by the petroleum exploration and production industry (PEPANZ) supports the the fact that the Govt is reviewing the ETS and is "calling on the Government to ensure that the Select Committee’s terms of reference are as wide as is possible and that good ideas and debate are not constrained by either time or ideology."
Bravo PEPANZ! How very nice of the petrol industry to show concern about the process not being constrained by ideology! Interesting choice of word constrained there too. To me at least that would imply constrained with regard to restrictive legislation to reduce carbon emissions, not a bipartisan meaning of a fair and just process relying on scientific evidence.