Bob Brown | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/bob-brown/ Bob Brown was elected to the Senate in 1996, after 10 years as an MHA in Tasmania’s state parliament. Bob was re-elected to the Senate in 2001. Following the election of 4 Greens senators in 2004, Bob became parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens in 2005. The 2007 election saw Bob re-elected to the Senate for a third term along with two new Greens Senators in WA and SA. Bob received the highest personal Senate vote in Tasmania and was elected with more than a quota in his own right. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ The PM needs to drop his refusal to budge on a target http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-pm-needs-to-drop-his-refusal-to-budge-on-a-target/ The collapse in Copenhagen shows the power of the polluters over the politicians. The oil coal and big resource companies put off the day of action and edged the world further into super-heating.  That means worse drought, bushfires, snow- melt, tropical storm damage and accelerating sea level rises. Penny Wong has blamed the failure to reach consensus in Copenhagen on a few “radical nations” like Venezuela and Uganda. But tiny Tuvalu has also championed real action on climate change by calling the promise of money, in return for agreement on inaction, “thirty silver coins” from the rich countries. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bob Brown) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-pm-needs-to-drop-his-refusal-to-budge-on-a-target/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-pm-needs-to-drop-his-refusal-to-budge-on-a-target/#item2049 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:55:53 +0000 Bob Brown | Author bios | The Punch