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Environmentalists often bristle when charged with being addicted to gloom-and-doom messages, but every now and then an environmental group will confirm the stereotype. In April 2006,Greenpeace mistakenly posted an incomplete draft press release on its Website that read: âIn the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world’s worst nuclear accident, there have nearly [FILL IN ALARMIST AND ARMAGEDDONIST FACTOID HERE].â 1 Alan Oxley reports that the conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has for years been playing fast and loose with the facts. 2 Some examples: A WWF report was the source of an insupportable claim that glaciers in the Himalayas were melting rapidly was embarrassing for the organization. ....
Australia Stands to Lose Under ‘Protectionist’ UK Carbon Tariffs Australian exports may soon suffer from “protectionist” levies as the United Kingdom plans to use the G7 summit to push for climate tariffs, amid a renewed push for environmentalism after U.S. President Joe Biden’s election. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who invited Australian Prime MinisterScott Morrison to attend as a guest, has indicated that the issue would be a key priority at the meeting of the world’s biggest economies. Prime Minister Johnson is preparing to use the G7 summit to lead the discussion to establish carbon border levies, putting penalties on goods produced in countries with less stringent environmental laws, such as Australia. ....
Australia will push back against Britain’s bid to use the world’s most exclusive leaders’ summit to call for climate tariffs, arguing it is a new form of “protectionism”. ....