big things grow :-)
i wanna give big KUDO's to US.
especially those who joined us right in the very beginning...
i want to say i am very happy with Greenpeace's petition. and i want
to acknowledge the inspiration for this peition directly from the
members of this group.
it is a very happy day for me today.
and it is also my birthday.
:-)
I hope they get wonderful numbers.
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Please sign it and pass it around to all you know!
FULL SUBMISSION AVAILABLE HERE:
http://www.stop-fueling-climate-
change.org/docs/GPE388.1_FebReport_V5.pd...
SIGN GREENPEACE'S PETITION:
Sign Greenpeace's Petition:
http://www.stop-fueling-climate-change.org/?scr=em_O1
SUBMISSION SNIP:
"...To subsidise coal is to subsidise
climate change.
Coal is the most carbon intensive
of fossil fuels and its use is a
major contributor to greenhouse
gas emissions both in Australia
and overseas.
Yet the coal industry was given a total
of $308 million in rebates for fuel excise in
2005/6,4 an amount greater than
all federal funding for renewables.
Over the life of the Coalition
Government, these grants
contributed $1.9 billion to the coal
industry(5) at a time when their
profits grew hugely; rising from a
$5 billion pre-tax profit in 2004/5
to $10 billion in 2005/06.6
The coal industry can afford to
have this subsidy removed; the
climate cannot afford to have it
continue...."
Sign Greenpeace's Petition:
http://www.stop-fueling-climate-change.org/?scr=em_O1