http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/ellen-sandell/ Ellen is the general manager of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and a 2009 joint Young Environmentalist of the Year. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +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 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 The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/confusion-vs-inaction-our-leaders-real-climate-colours/ As we enter the last few days of the election campaign, climate change seems to have Tony Abbott in a muddle. As his record shows, he seems to be confused about whether he understands the science or not, and whether he believes in emissions trading or not. First, his position was that the consensus on climate science was crap. Then he backed an emissions trading scheme when it was Howard’s last hope of winning over a dissatisfied electorate.  When that didn’t work, he reverted back to his original views and ousted Malcolm Turnbull, telling a group of school students that it was warmer at the time of Jesus. Now he tells us that climate change is important, but he doesn’t want a price on pollution, ever. Boy, is Tony Abbott one confused man. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Ellen Sandell) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/confusion-vs-inaction-our-leaders-real-climate-colours/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/confusion-vs-inaction-our-leaders-real-climate-colours/#item3841 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:35:07 +0000 Ellen Sandell | Author bios | The Punch