Environmentalists have slammed Australia's new drought envoy Barnaby Joyce, describing his calls to divert water to farmers as "ill-informed" and likely to inflict further harm on river communities.
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| Barnaby Joyce, envoy for drought recovery and assistance, wants to give farmers environmental water. |
The former deputy prime minister, who assumed his new role at the weekend, wants the Federal Government to "borrow" water so farmers can use it to grow crops to feed livestock.
He said the drought was an emergency and should be treated like a bushfire, which would allow for resources to be taken without seeking permission.
Read the ABC News story by Brett Worthington - “Barnaby Joyce's call to divert environmental water to drought-hit farmers panned by conservationists.”
(Well, Barnaby, climate change is an emergency and wouldn’t it be great if we were to implement the changes necessary to have Australians adapt to the quickly emerging difficulties without asking permission; changes we will soon have to make according to climate activist, Bill McKibben, as we are already in World War Three, the world, at least humanity, is at war with the damage it has done to the world’s environment - Robert McLean)
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