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unbartha orchardist
and Beneath the Wisteria supporter,
John Pettigrew, was among a delegation of farmers has called for the Abbott
government to act on climate change.
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| John Pettigrew - Canberra climate change talks. |
The deputation called in the Abbott Government to restore an
emissions trading scheme, maintaining the current renewable energy target and
spending on rail infrastructure to improve inland transport and reduce carbon
emissions.
John, also the president of the Shepparton-based group, Slap Tomorrow, said the delegation told the
government MPs, including John Cobb and the staff of the treasurer Joe Hockey,
that the Direct Action policy, which provides incentives for polluters to
reduce carbon emissions, will not work to ameliorate climate change, “but if
the government wants to give away money, people will keep taking it”.
John will be at tomorrow’s gathering Beneath the Wisteria in Shepparton’s Maude St Mall at 11:00am and
will report on his Canberra visit.
Read The Guardian
story here: “Climate change: farmers urge Coalition to restore emissionstrading scheme”.
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