Tuesday 22 January 2008

Senator Penny Wong to face the US over climate change challenge - will she stand or will she fold?

"Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, today said she would participate in the Major Economies' Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii from January 30-31.
The Major Economies Meeting is a forum established by the United States to foster constructive discussion on a global response to climate change and reports to the United Nations."
North Queensland Register article:
http://nqr.farmonline.com.au/news_daily.asp?ag_id=47992

The Rudd Government is just a little older than it was at the 2007 Bali conference on climate change. Hopefully it is also a little wiser.
Climate change is one of the pivotal issues on which the Rudd Government's domestic and international credibility hinges.
I'm sure that many Australians harbour a wish that Senator Wong will finally make it clear to the US that it's time to end American game playing over climate change.

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