{"id":830,"date":"2018-11-27T00:19:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T00:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=830"},"modified":"2018-11-27T00:19:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T00:19:13","slug":"greens-say-liberal-government-inaction-on-climate-is-dooming-our-natural-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/11\/27\/greens-say-liberal-government-inaction-on-climate-is-dooming-our-natural-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens say Liberal Government inaction on climate is dooming our natural environment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Senate has backed\u00a0 a Greens\u2019 motion declaring climate change is the biggest threat to life on our planet, calling on the Liberal Government to implement serious climate and energy policy.
\n\u201cThe biggest threat to humanity and life on this planet is climate change, and still the Liberal Government don\u2019t have a plan to reduce pollution,\u201d Greens environment spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.
\n\u201cThe consequences of the Liberal Government\u2019s head in the sand on climate \u2013 and addiction to burning fossil fuels \u2013 are playing out before us now. We\u2019re seeing more extreme weather, mass extinction, a planet under constant stress.
\n\u201cThe alarming recent research from Flinders University showed we are dooming species across the globe due to our inaction on climate change. This anti-science, anti-environment Prime Minister, Energy Minister and Environment Minister are standing in the way of real action on climate change.
\n\u201cWe have some of the most beautiful, unique flora and fauna in the world, but also one of the worst track records on extinction. The Liberal Government cannot be trusted to reverse this harrowing trend.
\n\u201cThe time to act is now. We can be the generation that saves the planet, instead of continuing to contribute to dangerous climate change.\u201d
\nNOTICE OF MOTION<\/strong>
\nthe Senate\u2014
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Notes the Flinders University research published in Nature\u2019s Scientific Reports, which shows that, \u201cClimate change and human activity are dooming species at an unprecedented rate via a plethora of direct and indirect, often synergic, mechanisms.\u201d
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Notes that climate change is, without a doubt, the biggest threat to life on our planet.
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Calls on the government to develop and implement a serious climate and energy policy, with a plan to reduce carbon pollution and overhaul our environmental laws to protect life on earth.
\nSenator Sarah Hanson-Young<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Senate has backed\u00a0 a Greens\u2019 motion declaring climate change is the biggest threat to life on our planet, calling on the Liberal Government to implement serious climate and energy policy. \u201cThe biggest threat to humanity and life on this planet is climate change, and still the Liberal Government don\u2019t have a plan to reduce … Continue reading “Greens say Liberal Government inaction on climate is dooming our natural environment”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}