Australia Climate Council revived as non-profit after being axed by RW govt

[muriel_volestrangler]

An Australian climate change body scrapped by the new government has been relaunched as a non-profit organisation reliant on public donations.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott axed the Climate Commission, set up by the previous government, last week.

But the group resurrected itself as the Climate Council, saying it hoped "Obama-style" public donations raised online would keep it open.
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He added that the council would "fiercely guard (its) independence" and would not take "any money that has any strings attached to it".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24216988

Here we see the RW mentality - 'screw the environment, that's not up to governments to save, let people donate to it if they're worried'.

[Nihil]

1. Your last line is so true ...

> Here we see the RW mentality - 'screw the environment, that's not up to
> governments to save, let people donate to it if they're worried'.

That's exactly the same attitude that is taken to so many causes now
thanks to successive Tory governments (including Blair) - and not just
to environmental ones either: taxpayer money is provided to support
arms dealers but not children's hospices ...