Federal resources minister Matthew Canavan has attracted a slew of criticism after attacking the Queensland government for trying to “save the planet in 2050”.
On Wednesday Queensland announced it would aim to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. The announcement was far from radical, with identical pledges already made by the Coalition-led New South Wales government, as well as Labor-led Victoria, South Australia and ACT.
But the move attracted the ire of Queensland-based federal resources minister Matthew Canavan, who tweeted: “Instead of trying to save the planet in 2050 the QLD labor should just concentrate on saving jobs today!”
People on Twitter had a field day.
Many attacked the short-sightedness of Canavan’s suggestion.
instead of trying to avoid the cliff we're heading for we should just concentrate on going as fast as we possibly can
Comments like this epitomise the short-sighted political era we live in! There is #noplanetB
Matt, poppet, of the very many dumb things that we regularly hear from you, this really has been one of the dumbest.nymag.com/daily/intellig…
Some pointed out the seemingly selective focus of the government’s concern for “intergenerational theft,” which they spoke a lot about when attacking the budget deficit under Labor.
Meanwhile, it was unclear to many on twitter why taking action on climate change and growing employment today would be seen as mutually exclusive aims.
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