Enviro-loons badger Krudd & Co to slash emissions

Just as Rudd and Wong are starting to realise that drastic cuts in emissions might (surprise, surprise) harm an already weakened economy, the greenie hoards write a bleating letter to the Prime Minister urging him to cut emissions by 40% by 2020 "for the planet's sake", reports The Age. As if the planet would even notice a 0.6% reduction in global CO₂ emissions ...

"We urge you to stand up to the pressure from the big polluters and adopt a strong emissions reduction target that will keep alive the possibility of a strong international agreement," the letter says.

"A five to 15 per cent target would represent a profound failure."

The letter warned the latest science showed climate change was happening faster than previously thought, and deep emission cuts were needed to ward off a greenhouse catastrophe.

Wrong on all counts (but especially wrong on the last).

Read it here.