Scientists say Australia's Tony Abbott is engineering an 'environmental train wreck'

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/140407/scientists-say-australias-tony-abbott-engineering-environm



Destructive policies include culling sharks, dumping near the Great Barrier Reef and eroding protection of a UNESCO World Heritage forest.

Scientists say Australia's Tony Abbott is engineering an 'environmental train wreck'
Lyn Eyb
April 8, 2014 01:55

LONDON — An “environmental train wreck.”

That’s what leading environmental scientists say that Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has engineered, in less than one year in office. They say the changes he’s implementing could result in irreversible damage to some of the world’s most fragile ecosystems.

And they say they are “screaming in the dark” to get the country’s ultra conservative government to take a more sustainable course, so far with little luck.

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Abbott came to power last September promising to abolish the country’s landmark carbon and mining taxes, and cut “green tape” that he said hindered development.

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1. Abbott is a complicated guy

He says he believes man made climate change is real and has to be dealt with, but jobs and the economy come first. He's a rigid Catholic who opposed RU486 but staunchly defends aboriginal and workers rights. He's leader of the Liberal party. He's smart, effective and hugely dangerous.