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Is Aussie PM Turnbull quietly dismantling Abbott’s Climate Legacy?

Australian’s voted overwhelmingly for sceptical climate policies when Tony Abbott was elected as Australia’s PM.
Malcolm Turnbull agreed not to water down any of Abbott’s policies as a trade for taking over leadership.
Turnbull is a staunch global warmist and will view all broken climate promises as virtuous and in the interests of the planet. (Gaia and the UN)

Watts Up With That?

Abbott, Lomborg and Turnbull, source Wikimedia Abbott, Lomborg and Turnbull, source Wikimedia, Abbott picture author MystifyMe Concert Photography (Troy), Turnbull picture Вени Марковски, Lomborg picture free use

Guest essay by Eric Worrall

The new Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull may be quietly dismantling former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s climate initiatives. The latest move is the cancellation of an offer to fund Bjørn Lomborg’s Climate Consensus Centre.

According to the Australian ABC;

The Federal Government says it has withdrawn a $4 million offer to help establish a climate change research centre headed by Bjorn Lomborg.

Education Minister Simon Birmingham has told a Senate estimates hearing the proposal was quietly dropped in the week when Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister.

“Certainly, a specific incentive from the Government for such an institute is no longer available,” Senator Birmingham said.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-21/govt-withdraws-funding-from-lomborg-centre/6873238

Malcolm Turnbull won the leadership challenge against former PM Tony Abbott, by promising to maintain Tony…

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