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Well funded pressure against Australia’s new carbon tax

The nastiest end of the anti-tax campaign will come from a right-wing extremist grouping that includes Fox News’s Glenn Beck and is backed by the notorious Koch brothers.

Another step towards renewable energy – Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 25 Feb 2011, “…..The “can’t do” campaign will be meeting in PR war rooms across Australia this morning, deciding how much to spend on lobbying, advertising and astro-turfing. As always, America leads the way for Australia’s politics and we should note the news on Bloomberg overnight that the American Petroleum Institute will start backing political candidates this year, in order to prevent climate action by president Barack Obama.

The nastiest end of the anti-tax campaign will come from a right-wing extremist grouping that includes Fox News’s Glenn Beck and is backed by the notorious Koch brothers. Koch and Koch are oil barons who run the largest private company in the USA and fund climate sceptics, race haters and the Tea Party, with funding tentacles reaching into Australia……
The Clean Energy Council will be under considerable pressure now, to define what “clean” means. The scientific definition is that “clean” energy is ecologically sustainable, which means conserved and renewable energy. The PR definition is that “clean” means gas. The public might believe PR in the beginning, but once they understand the argument, they will go with the science.

Once the renewable energy plan is decided, it will be necessary for the PM to install the right minister into the energy portfolio, to implement it. It should be someone with positive energy….”

Another step towards renewable energy – Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

February 27, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA, spinbuster