[Oz-envirolink] perhaps my final poll exhortation of the year

[Bro]

Well nothing Dave if we believe George Monbiot is an apologist for the 
nuclear industry and 95% of the Victorian environment movement who have been 
following the OBP/Bald Hills issue with some closeness have got it 
completely wrong.

Would you be prepared to take up an honorary side bet that Campbell will 
survive Howard's impending reshuffle?  And that is dangerous as I'm sure we 
will get a much cleverer ne'er-do-well

Cheers, bro

Dr Bro Sheffield-Brotherton B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D, Dip.Ed, MEIANZ
Chairman, Sustainable Solutions Pty Ltd
Scientific Advisor, National Toxics Network
Honorary Life Member, Australian Conservation Foundation
Member, Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
47 Prentice Street
Elsternwick 3185
AUSTRALIA
Ph: +613 9528 1957, Mob: +614 1230 3 718
Fax: +613 9528 5100
Email: bro at c031.aone.net.au

"The ultimate measure of people is not where they stand in moments of 
comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and 
controversy." - Dr Martin Luther King Jr

"The danger is when you get old like us you may become soonical." - Dagmar 
Schroeder



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Kimble" <dave.kimble at lizzy.com.au>
To: "Oz-envirolink" <oz-envirolink at altnews.com.au>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Oz-envirolink] perhaps my final poll exhortation of the year


> The orange-bellied parrot flies across from Tasmania and then along the 
> coastline in the swales country.
> This corridor goes right past and through the proposed windfarm.
> The only reason nobody has recorded seeing the parrots at the site is 
> because no one has looked.
> Its a corridor, if they go in one end and come out the other,
> where else could they have been but at the site ?
>
> So the developers went away and re-did their plan,
> moving the six windmills in the coastal strip out of the area.
> Campbell then says, "OK I will review the new proposal".
>
> What could be wrong with that ?
>
> Dave
>
> Bro wrote:
>> Should the Bald Hills wind farm have been approved? vote at 
>> www.news.com.au/heraldsun/opinion
>> Yes this is the one that Federal Environment Minister Campbell has held 
>> up for most of this year citing an heroic analysis suggesting that the 
>> operation of the wind farm might cause the death of one orange-bellied 
>> parrot per millennium, although Neophema chrysogaster has never been 
>> reported within many tens of km of the site.
>>
>> Also Chanticleer  has led his final column for the year in the Australian 
>> Financial Review with:
>>
>> "Hot issues will roll over into the new year
>>
>> "The arrival of big time private equity and a radical switch in the 
>> climate change debate from questioning its validity to how to combat the 
>> damage were the prevailing themes of 2006.  They will also dominate the 
>> new year.
>>
>> "A combination of Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, the drought and 
>> a massive swelling of funds into so-called [sic] environmental, social 
>> and governance investments has pushed any remaining doubters in the 
>> shadows.
>>
>> "Even the Business Council of Australia's Michael Chaney is toying with 
>> change - albeit behind the veil of "only when the world moves too" [well 
>> business leadership does exist, but is only slightly less rare than 
>> political leadership]
>>
>> "And while Prime Minister John Howard can try to use the same tactic, 
>> corporate chiefs are making their own adjustments and are demanding that 
>> the government takes a lead on the issue.
>>
>> "How strong the backlash will be to perceived talk and no action from the 
>> government remains to be seen.  But the switch in the public's attitude 
>> in recent months is truly extraordinary."
>>
>> Also there's a great op ed in today's from John Legge on the Faustian 
>> approach to climate change at 
>> http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/shortterm-gain-promises-longterm-pain/2006/12/21/1166290678446.html
>>
>> Be prepared for next year being the most significant one in history for 
>> awareness and action on the environment - see I'm still an optimist and 
>> it just has to be!
>> Cheers, bro Dr Bro Sheffield-Brotherton B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D, Dip.Ed, MEIANZ
>> Chairman, Sustainable Solutions Pty Ltd
>> Scientific Advisor, National Toxics Network
>> Honorary Life Member, Australian Conservation Foundation
>> Member, Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
>> 47 Prentice Street Elsternwick 3185
>> AUSTRALIA Ph: +613 9528 1957, Mob: +614 1230 3 718
>> Fax: +613 9528 5100
>> Email: bro at c031.aone.net.au
>> "The ultimate measure of people is not where they stand in moments of 
>> comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and 
>> controversy." - Dr Martin Luther King Jr
>>
>> "The danger is when you get old like us you may become soonical." - 
>> Dagmar Schroeder
>>
>>
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