Get Up: Our message to Labor (Australian oposition)

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The Australian Labor party looks likely to displace the current Australian Coalition of the Liberals and Nationals at the federal elections later this year. The pressure is on to have them form worthwhile policies to address the environmental issues including Climate Change.

This is what I submitted to this campaign to:

Dear Arch Bevis,

This is it. We can't afford to make mistakes. Full and holistic research, analysis and development needs to be put into the solutions we require to solve the environmental problems we face. Global warming is our most immediate problem. My beliefs on the matter include:

1. Clean Coal may be a solution but the $500 million Labor has currently allocated to it should be put into renewable energy R&D (Labor has no current R&D investments for renewables). Clean coal should only come after all efforts and energies have been allocated to renewables. BTW many think Clean Coal is not only an oxymoron but that it is not feasible for Australia or the world. We CANNOT continue to burn the amount of coal we do;
   
2. Put in programs to reduce the energy dependence of Australians;
   
3. Make our society more energy efficient - public transport being one obvious area.
   
4. Stop logging operations. Those trees soak up carbon. Cutting them down releases carbon. Animals and plants die and extinctions occur. We are part of the web of life and we can longer afford to destroy any more of it
   
5. Work with the rest of the world. Stop all wars and promote peace and diplomacy. Remember, they are your neighbours (http://www.globalcommunity.org/flash/wombat.shtml)
   

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