Phemanderac wrote on Oct 3
rd, 2013 at 8:16am:
I have long been of the view that the only thing the ongoing debate about Climate Change (regardless of the "science") has been to close eyes/minds to the very real, present and easily observed ongoing degradation of our environment through continued pollution, thus, enabling industrial polluters (in particular) to keep raking in money, whilst destroying that which our species relies on for life.
Regardless of who eventually wins the AGW debate, the environment is still being trashed.
http://www.independentaustralia.net/2013/environment/gaia-just-turned-40-and-she... I agree that corporations should be held accountable for dumping chemicals in our creeks, rivers, oceans and land.
I'm right there with you on this one.
Unfortunately carbon pricing will not stop corporations from dumping there chemicals in our creeks, rivers, ocenas and land.
For example at the moment there is a Spanish company that wants to dump their nuclear waste in central Australia, I heard the other day on the news that its on the verge of getting approval by the government.
http://www.acfonline.org.au/news-media/acf-opinion/plan-use-aboriginal-land-nucl...http://www.smh.com.au/national/land-owners-out-of-mind-out-of-site-20100226-p95w...At the moment the land owners have a bit of reprieve in that they have taken it to the supreme or high court cant remember which one.
So you see carbon pricing only places a price on manmade CO2 emissions, and does nothing else for the environment.
It will not clean up any other form of pollution other than manmade CO2 emissions.