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[Sustainabilitank] SustainabiliTank: Kevin Rudd for new UN Top Job on Climate? The ...: Kevin Rudd would be an excellent choice to extricate the UN from the hole it created in the “Seal the Deal” charade when every child could have seen that the G192 is no environment to talk about Sustainable Energy options.

[Australian Climate Madness] Kevin Rudd "in line for UN climate job" | Australian Climate Madness: Our socially-disfunctional-verging-on-autistic ex-PM would fit right in at the UN, spouting platitudes about saving the planet and the evils of capitalism whilst being whisked off to all-expenses-paid climate gab fests in exotic locations around the globe. At least at the UN he's less likely to do any damage:

[Vibewire] Vibewire » Blog Archive » Seeking Change on Climate Change: On the contrary, the policies that Labor and the Lib/Nationals have offered are smokescreens for their lack of commitment to real action on climate change. Both have stated that they aim to reduce emissions by 5% by 2020, with a possible rise to 15% if there is international commitment to a climate change agreement.

[Follow The Money] Rudd to be offered possible UN Climate Change ambassadorial role ...: “Given that such panel membership involves limited meetings and does not require any residency abroad, should Mr Rudd be appointed to such a panel it would not cause any impediment to him discharging his responsibilities as a local member of parliament or as a minister in a future Labor government, should the government be re-elected,” he added.

[Home] Climate Change Fraud - Adaptation the best climate change policy: So, if the experts can't reach a policy consensus on how to slash carbon emissions, and if the prospects of a genuinely global deal are virtually zero, the only real policy option is, as the leading British Conservative Lord Lawson points out, to adapt to whatever changes in temperature may in the future arise. As Lord Lawson points out: "This enables us to pocket the benefits of any warming (and there are many) while reducing the costs...

[Carbon Offsets Daily] Gillard Will Toughen Rules on New Coal Plants as Part of Climate ...: Australia's government will set up a citizen's assembly to build consensus on putting a price on carbon and will today outline plans on renewable energy and power generation, Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said. Rudd shelved his carbon-trading plans in April because of a lack of action by other countries and opposition in the upper house Senate to proposed laws.

[On Line Opinion - Latest Articles] Tick the youth box with climate change - On Line Opinion - 26/7/2010: Despite the direct correlation between this youth imperative and Rudd’s massive decline in popularity, after the shelving of the CPRS scheme, Gillard seems to have failed to realise the political cost - all other more significant costs aside - of not acting on climate change.

[Bullfax.com - Market News & Analysis] Spectre of ousted Australian PM haunts election | www.bullfax.com: Ousted Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd Thursday confirmed talks over a possible United Nations role but said he did not plan to quit the national parliament.Rudd, who was replaced by Julia Gillard last month in a party coup, said he had discussed a "development" role with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, after reports linked him with a new climate-change position."Among other matters, (Ban) raised the possibility of Mr. Rudd being appointed to a United Nations panel which might look at a number of issues related to development," Rudd's spokesman said in a statement.

[Eurasia Review] Green Groups Give Gillard's Climate Assembly Cool Response: “Our challenge is to answer the community’s questions and develop the community’s commitment to taking the right action,” said Ms Gillard. However the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) pointed out in a news release that the “people are ready now” for action on climate change and called on voters to pressure the government through letters to the media.

[Blog out of this world] Protests as Australian PM delays climate action « Blog out of this ...: Gillard Said the assembly, Helped by a new committee to sift scientific advice, would examine the case for a carbon-trading scheme in parliament failed fewer spectators Which Was Then and Shelved by former leader Kevin Rudd, Badly Damaging Loved support.

[Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Rudd tipped for top UN climate job: more imagesMELBOURNE - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said the Chinese Government has failed to portray itself as an emerging superpower, citing the secrecy they are maintaining in the Stern Hu case. Hu, an Australian mining executive of Chinese origin, was sentenced to 10 years' jail by a Chinese court on Monday for stealing commercial secrets in relation to sensitive iron ore negotiations and receiving bribes.

[Piers Akerman] A weaker kind of Kevin Rudd | Daily Telegraph Piers Akerman Blog: Piers,How could any body even with three fifths of a fairies fart of a brain vote for this evil rotten to core excuse for a putrid filthy low down Government, I have never seen a more on the nose rotten big wasting bunch of nit wits in my 66 years of life, and many many people are waking up to the lies that come out of that horrible dragons mouth the voice is like dying cats whinging whining, I hated watching her and that rat Rudd in Question time, I gave up watching it as I Felt like jumping through television and hooking her one,I can’t listen to that voice any more it upsets me to much

[Jack the Insider] Jack's punting guide to the election - Jack the Insider Blog | The ...: However, I was intrigued to see the Adelaide Advertiser undertook a phone poll last week in the South Australian seat of Kingston, which Labor holds by a margin of 4.4 per cent. The poll was taken from a sample of 605 voters in the seat and revealed a massive 12 per cent swing to the sitting member, Amanda Rishworth.

[Neil's second decade] Ben Eltham on Who killed the climate bills? « Neil's second decade: Again and again, you’ll find that they’re on the receiving end of a pipeline of funding that starts with big energy companies, like Exxon Mobil, which has spent tens of millions of dollars promoting climate-change denial, or Koch Industries, which has been sponsoring anti-environmental organizations for two decades."”¦

[Meganomics] Too much Tony, too little Julia - Meganomics Blog | The Australian: Let’s play spot the hypocrite, to sort out which of the two—Abbott or Gillard—was the strongest supporter of Kevin Rudd’s big Australia in January when the former prime minister put his name to a population of 35 million by 2050.

[The Pacific Islands number one news portal] Islands Business - Rudd in line for a UN climate change job: MELBOURNE, Australia (ABC NEWS) --- Federal Labor campaign spokesman Chris Bowen has moved to hose down reports that Kevin Rudd is in line for a key job as a climate change adviser at the United Nations. The reports of a possible UN job for Mr Rudd come after he attracted huge media attention while touring a school in his electorate of Griffith in Brisbane yesterday.

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