John Howard - Climate Change Efforts "Must Not Hamper" Economic Growth

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SYDNEY (AFX) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard said it was unrealistic to expect nations to sacrifice economic growth in order to halt global climate change. Howard told a conference of Asia-Pacific nations and corporations that growth was the only way many nations could reduce poverty levels among their populations.

"The idea that we can address climate change matters successfully at the expense of economic growth is not only unrealistic but it also unacceptable to the population of Australia which I represent," Howard said. "(It's also) I'm sure, unacceptable to the populations of all the other countries that are represented around this table."

Howard, whose conservative government has joined the United States in refusing to sign the UN's Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, said economic growth and climate solutions need not be mutually exclusive. Hey, class! Let's play "spot the contradiction"!! Can you spot the contradiction??

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Howard pledged an additional 75 mln usd for environmental projects over the next five years. OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! $75 million over five years!

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http://www.forextelevision.com/FT/AFX/ShowStory.jsp?seq=61182

[mike_c]

1. Garrett Hardin was right....

Someone will ALWAYS cheat. It's human nature.

http://dieoff.org/page95.htm

[xchrom]

2. global climate change? -- taking a page from frank luntz?

it's GLOBAL CLIMATE WARMING -- ya yutz!

[Odin2005]

3. Just wait until NYC is under water...

...then we'll talk about what's bad for the economy. Myopic morons. :banghead: