{"id":4936,"date":"2016-01-21T21:30:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T03:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/?p=4936"},"modified":"2019-11-20T12:08:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T18:08:01","slug":"socialism-masquerading-as-environmentalismthe-man-made-climate-change-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/socialism-masquerading-as-environmentalismthe-man-made-climate-change-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Socialism Masquerading As Environmentalism\/The Man Made Climate Change Agenda."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"itemHeader\"><strong><span class=\"itemDateCreated\">Thursday, 14 November 2013<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"itemTitle\">Australia Rejects UN \u201cSocialism Masquerading as Environmentalism\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span class=\"itemAuthor\">Written by\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/itemlist\/user\/68-alexnewman\" rel=\"author\">Alex Newman<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"itemSocialSharing\">\n<div class=\"itemBody\">\n<div class=\"itemImageBlock\"><span class=\"itemImage\"><a class=\"modal\" title=\"Click to preview image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/media\/k2\/items\/cache\/4031ab9cac1528a45b55d79cd51a0f0d_XL.jpg\" rel=\"{handler: 'image'}\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/media\/k2\/items\/cache\/4031ab9cac1528a45b55d79cd51a0f0d_M.jpg\" alt=\"Australia Rejects UN \u201cSocialism Masquerading as Environmentalism\u201d\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<p><strong>The new Australian government, elected by a landslide on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/world-news\/australia\/item\/16495-australia-votes-to-crush-carbon-tax-and-big-government\">platform opposing carbon taxes and \u201cglobal-warming\u201d schemes<\/a> as United Nations <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16372-climate-theories-crumble-as-data-and-experts-suggest-global-cooling\">climate theories were imploding<\/a>, delivered a blunt message to UN alarmists this week: No more \u201csocialism masquerading as environmentalism.\u201d With the new conservative-leaning cabinet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16536-australia-reining-in-climate-schemes-after-voters-reject-carbon-tax\">taking a stand <\/a>against UN machinations and radical domestic restrictions imposed under the previous Labor Party government, Australian authorities also publicly refused to sign up for any new contributions, taxes, or charges at this week\u2019s embattled UN global-warming summit in Poland.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Despite the tough talk by officials and the fact that global temperatures <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/13212-global-climate-warming-stopped-15-years-ago-uk-met-office-admits\">actually stopped rising 17 years ago<\/a> \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16643-top-scientists-slam-and-ridicule-un-ipcc-climate-report\">debunking every one of the UN\u2019s \u201cclimate models\u201d<\/a> \u2014 Australia is still ensnared in more than a few dubious international \u201cclimate\u201d commitments. In a move supposedly aimed at stopping \u201cclimate change,\u201d the nation\u2019s previous rulers agreed to force Australians to drastically reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide \u2014 a gas exhaled by all people and critical to life on Earth, which constitutes a mere fraction of one percent of all gases in the atmosphere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>According to an official document <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/national-affairs\/policy\/climate-tax-aid-and-fees-off-table-as-cabinet-toughens-stance\/story-e6frg6xf-1226756955449\" target=\"_blank\">outlined in <em>The Australian<\/em> newspaper<\/a>, the new government plans to remain \u201ca good international citizen\u201d and is still \u201ccommitted to achieving a 5 percent reduction\u201d in CO2 emissions by 2020. However, the document, reportedly produced after a cabinet meeting last week, noted that authorities will not agree to any international \u201cclimate\u201d agreements that involve squandering more taxpayer money or levying taxes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Australia \u201cwill not support any measures which are socialism masquerading as environmentalism,\u201d the document also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/national-affairs\/policy\/climate-tax-aid-and-fees-off-table-as-cabinet-toughens-stance\/story-e6frg6xf-1226756955449\" target=\"_blank\">states<\/a>. The new government, led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/world-news\/australia\/item\/16495-australia-votes-to-crush-carbon-tax-and-big-government\">conservative-leaning Prime Minister Tony Abbott<\/a> (shown), also explicitly declared that it would not make any payments or accept any liabilities as part of any potential new UN global warming agreement. That means Australia will refuse to play \u201cany role in a wealth transfer from rich countries to developing nations to pay them to decrease their carbon emissions,\u201d the paper reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>With rulers of poor countries demanding $100 billion per year from taxpayers in wealthier nations to deal with alleged man-made \u201cclimate change\u201d this week in Warsaw, the Australian decision represents a potentially major blow to the UN-led extortion effort. The new leadership also refused to send senior Australian officials \u2014 Environment Minister Greg Hunt and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop\u00a0\u2014 to the ongoing UN summit. Predictably, climate alarmists and wealth redistributionists were up in arms. Analysts and commentators in Australia and other Western nations, however, celebrated the move.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abbott has also spoken out forcefully on international schemes that involved extracting funds from taxpayers to buy \u201cpermits\u201d from a scandal-plagued system supposedly aimed at cutting carbon emissions in foreign countries. According to news reports, the new Australian government blasted the policy based on official forecasts showing that the anti-emissions regime would eventually end up costing $150 billion per year. \u201cThis is by far the biggest wealth transfer from Australians to foreigners that&#8217;s ever been contemplated,\u201d Abbott was quoted as saying about the controversial scheme.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>While the new government has not completely ruled out signing on to an international \u201cclimate\u201d treaty, it did lay down some serious obstacles to foisting the scheme on Australians. For one, any new agreement would be considered only if all \u201cmajor global economies\u201d sign on as well \u2014 a prospect that is seen as close to impossible. The U.S. Senate, for instance, is highly unlikely to agree to any such deal, not to mention the regime ruling mainland China. Any more \u201cgreenhouse gases\u201d ploys will also be conditioned on \u201cfiscal circumstances,\u201d the government said.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On top of that, the official document highlighted in media reports said the new Australian leadership would review its positions in 2015 \u201cin light of the science and international developments,\u201d which analysts said could result in a range of policy outcomes. The document also pointed out, however, that if the alleged \u201cscience\u201d underpinning UN global warming theories becomes even more questionable, Australia might also rein in its \u201cclimate\u201d efforts even further. Indeed, the supposed \u201cscience\u201d has already imploded with the complete failure of 73 out of 73 UN \u201cclimate models.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>As UN and national government \u201cclimate\u201d dignitaries assemble in Poland to work on foisting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16763-un-carbon-regime-would-devastate-humanity\">devastating planetary carbon regime on humanity<\/a>, UN global-warming theories have become a laughingstock. Meteorology Professor Richard Lindzen at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who served as a lead author for the third UN climate report, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16643-top-scientists-slam-and-ridicule-un-ipcc-climate-report\">said<\/a> the UN body had \u201ctruly sunk to a level of hilarious incoherence\u201d with its latest assessment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThey are proclaiming increased confidence in their models as the discrepancies between their models and observations increase,\u201d added Dr. Lindzen, who has published hundreds of scientific papers and is just one of countless scientists lambasting the latest round of UN climate hysteria. The UN-promoted theory dubbed \u201cThe Ocean Ate My Global Warming\u201d by critics, meanwhile, is really an admission that its climate models do not accurately simulate natural internal variability in the system.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Because the claim that human activity is responsible for global warming depends on the models being able to accurately simulate natural internal variability, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is essentially admitting, \u201csomewhat obscurely,\u201d that its crucial assumption is unjustified, the MIT expert explained. \u201cFinally, in attributing warming to man, they fail to point out that the warming has been small, and totally consistent with there being nothing to be alarmed about,\u201d the scientist and professor concluded. \u201cIt is quite amazing to see the contortions the IPCC has to go through in order to keep the international climate agenda going.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>With many of the world\u2019s top experts in the field \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/6820-global-warming-alarmism-dying-a-slow-death\">including more than a few who have worked for the disgraced UN IPCC<\/a> \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16643-top-scientists-slam-and-ridicule-un-ipcc-climate-report\">tearing apart and ridiculing the UN\u2019s now-debunked claims<\/a>, the climate alarmists know that the clock is ticking on their bid to foist a global-warming treaty on the world. While the Abbott administration and even senior UN climate alarmists do not expect much out of the Warsaw meeting, climate profiteers, power-hungry governments, international bureaucrats, and other increasingly desperate forces are hoping the summit will lay the groundwork for a strong, binding regime to emerge at the 2015 climate summit in Paris. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Australia, where voters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/world-news\/australia\/item\/16495-australia-votes-to-crush-carbon-tax-and-big-government\">came out in droves to crush<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/6939-poll-australian-%E2%80%9Ccarbon-tax%E2%80%9D-wildly-unpopular\">deeply unpopular carbon tax<\/a>, Prime Minister Abbott is also working on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16536-australia-reining-in-climate-schemes-after-voters-reject-carbon-tax\">following through with campaign promises<\/a>. Having already quashed the \u201cClimate Change Commission,\u201d the new government is now working to repeal carbon taxes \u2014 which contributed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/world-news\/australia\/item\/14874-australia-s-carbon-tax-contributing-to-record-business-failures\">soaring business failures in recent years<\/a>. Despite facing some opposition in the Senate, Abbott and his cabinet appear determined to follow through.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYou&#8217;ve already voted on the carbon tax but now it&#8217;s the parliament&#8217;s turn,\u201d he said in comments apparently aimed at extremist lawmakers seeking to ignore the will of voters by keeping the taxes in place. \u201cThis is my bill to reduce your bills&#8230;. Abolishing the carbon tax will reduce the average household&#8217;s cost of living by $550 a year.\u201d Also on the new ruling coalition\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/world-news\/australia\/item\/16495-australia-votes-to-crush-carbon-tax-and-big-government\">agenda<\/a> is scrapping a massive tax on mining profits and scaling back taxpayer-funded handouts to foreign governments.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>While Australia\u2019s government takes<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16536-australia-reining-in-climate-schemes-after-voters-reject-carbon-tax\"> tepid steps to rein in <\/a>the increasingly discredited climate juggernaut, the Obama administration continues to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16593-obama-epa-climate-decrees-will-further-damage-u-s-economy\">spew lawless executive decrees<\/a> purporting to foist radical schemes on the American people under the guise of preventing \u201cglobal warming\u201d \u2014 despite the fact that there has been none in 17 years. Most recently, the unconstitutional Environmental Protection Agency <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16593-obama-epa-climate-decrees-will-further-damage-u-s-economy\">unveiled new regulations<\/a> that would effectively prohibit the building of any new coal-fired power plants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, as the wheels come off the climate bandwagon, the UN is hoping to foist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16763-un-carbon-regime-would-devastate-humanity\">what it calls a \u201ccarbon budget\u201d on humanity<\/a>. The overarching agenda was summarized concisely last year by UN \u201cclimate\u201d boss Christiana Figueres, who announced that the mission was to secure a \u201ccomplete transformation of the economic structure of the world.\u201d Individual liberty, free markets, national sovereignty, and more will all have to go, the UN has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/rio-20\/item\/12008-the-real-agenda-behind-un-%E2%80%9Csustainability%E2%80%9D-unmasked\">admitted<\/a> on numerous occasions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If the UN, the EPA, and other power-hungry alarmist outfits are not stopped, the consequences <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16763-un-carbon-regime-would-devastate-humanity\">will be disastrous<\/a>, according to experts. For already-struggling Americans and Westerners, the schemes will ensure dramatically higher energy bills \u2014 not to mention soaring costs for virtually everything, as well as bigger, more intrusive government at all levels. For the world\u2019s poor, the fruits of a \u201ccarbon budget\u201d would be even more devastating. But with UN global-warming theories already thoroughly discredited and Australia\u2019s government beginning to lead the way back to sanity, <a href=\"http:\/\/stevengoddard.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/12\/australia-leads-the-way-back-to-sanity\/\" target=\"_blank\">as some observers put it<\/a>, it is not too late to stop the machinations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Photo of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott: AP Images<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Alex Newman, a foreign correspondent for <\/em>The New American<em>, is normally based in Europe. He can be reached at<span id=\"cloak61467\"><a href=\"mailto:anewman@thenewamerican.com\">anewman@thenewamerican.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related articles<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16536-australia-reining-in-climate-schemes-after-voters-reject-carbon-tax\">Australia Reining in Climate Schemes After Voters Reject Carbon Tax<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16643-top-scientists-slam-and-ridicule-un-ipcc-climate-report\">Top Scientists Slam and Ridicule UN IPCC Climate Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16763-un-carbon-regime-would-devastate-humanity\">UN Carbon Regime Would Devastate Humanity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/world-news\/australia\/item\/16495-australia-votes-to-crush-carbon-tax-and-big-government\">Australia Votes to Crush Carbon Tax and Big Government<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16514-arctic-ice-expands-dispelling-myths-of-climate-change\">Arctic Ice Expands, Dispelling Myths of Climate Change<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/world-news\/australia\/item\/14874-australia-s-carbon-tax-contributing-to-record-business-failures\">Australia\u2019s Carbon Tax Contributing to Record Business Failures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/world-news\/australia\/item\/14982-carbon-tax-bad-for-australian-hospitals-health\">Carbon Tax Bad for Australian Hospitals\u2019 Health<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16372-climate-theories-crumble-as-data-and-experts-suggest-global-cooling\">Climate Theories Crumble as Data and Experts Suggest Global Cooling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/6939-poll-australian-%E2%80%9Ccarbon-tax%E2%80%9D-wildly-unpopular\">Poll: Australian \u201cCarbon Tax\u201d Wildly Unpopular<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/11998-%E2%80%9Cclimate-science%E2%80%9D-in-shambles-real-scientists-battle-un-agenda\">\u201cClimate Science\u201d in Shambles: Real Scientists Battle UN Agenda<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/6820-global-warming-alarmism-dying-a-slow-death\">Global-warming Alarmism Dying a Slow Death<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16637-despite-lack-of-global-warming-un-sure-humanity-is-to-blame\">Despite Lack of Global Warming, UN Sure Humanity Is to Blame<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16599-obama-allies-tell-un-to-cover-for-lack-of-global-warming\">Obama &amp; Allies Tell UN to Cover for Lack of Global Warming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16588-amid-un-climate-deception-experts-decry-corruption-of-science\">Amid UN Climate Deception, Experts Decry Corruption of Science<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/16593-obama-epa-climate-decrees-will-further-damage-u-s-economy\">Obama EPA Climate Decrees Will Further Damage U.S. Economy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/rio-20\/item\/12008-the-real-agenda-behind-un-%E2%80%9Csustainability%E2%80%9D-unmasked\">The Real Agenda Behind UN \u201cSustainability\u201d Unmasked<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewamerican.com\/tech\/environment\/item\/6748-ipcc-researchers-admit-global-warming-fraud\">IPCC Researchers Admit Global Warming Fraud<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, 14 November 2013 Australia Rejects UN \u201cSocialism Masquerading as Environmentalism\u201d Written by\u00a0 Alex Newman &nbsp; The new Australian government, elected by a landslide on a platform opposing carbon taxes and \u201cglobal-warming\u201d schemes as United Nations climate theories were imploding, delivered a blunt message to UN alarmists this week: No more \u201csocialism masquerading as environmentalism.\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[351,354],"tags":[588],"class_list":["post-4936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate-change","category-man-made-climate-change-hype-deception","tag-socialism-masquerading-as-environmentalismman-made-climate-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetruthplainansimple.info\/thebiblerevealed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}