Burnie Advocate
Thursday 6/3/2008 Page: 20
Blessed with clean hydro power generation and with abundant wind for wind energy, we can start to set the standard on the national stage. Other coal-dependent and more populated states have got more at stake when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Premier Paul Lennon surprised a few people this week when he announced the Government would legislate to reduce Tasmania's greenhouse gas emissions.
Proposed new laws will set an emissions reduction target for the State of 60 per cent of 1990 levels by 2050. The Government will also audit its own emissions. The bill will also establish a new Tasmanian Climate Action Council that reports directly to the Premier. There has been no commitment yet to introduce interim targets.
Surely this makes sense and would give Tasmanians an incentive to immediately start making changes. As a nation, within a global context, we should have started yesterday. It has taken the State Government a while to even put climate change on its agenda. Let's hope its "Agenda 2008" is substance and not spin.
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