Climate politics trumps climate action with Hill appointment
The Rudd Government's appointment of Robert Hill to head the Australian Carbon Trust has a lot to do with wedging the Coalition, the Australian Greens said today.
Robert Hill, as Liberal Environment Minister, played a key personal role in weakening the Kyoto Protocol at negotiations in 1997, undermining global climate action for years afterwards and setting Australia up as a global climate spoiler by not ratifying the Protocol.
"Robert Hill has been no friend of the climate and his appointment will not impress international negotiators," said Senator Bob Brown.