[LINK] Cate, California and Carbon Taxes...Re: Death threats to Australian climate scientists

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Kim Holburn wrote:
> On 2011/Jun/05, at 7:56 PM, David Boxall wrote:
> 
>> On 5/06/2011 2:08 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:
>>> ...
>>> It's unusual that we get death threats in Australian politics, (isn't it? I hope it is.).  Deniers must be getting desperate.
>>> ...
>> According to SBS TV news tonight, more than 40,000 have rallied in 
>> support of a carbon tax, but Cate Blanchette was nowhere to be seen. 
>> Have the thugs bullied her into silence?
> 
> Yeah, we should only listen to millionaires if they are mining magnates.
>  
>> Yes, I do mean the likes of Barnaby Joyce.
> 

Somewhere, I heard a comment along the lines..."Cate Blanchette lives in
Hollywood for half the time, and won't have to pay, so she shouldn't 
comment/her opinion doesn't count".

Noting, Hollywood is in California, I found this:
> 
> 
> SAN FRANCISCO | Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:38am EST
> 
> SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California begins a market for greenhouse gases next year and prices will rise several times over between 2012 and 2020 under the plan to address climate change, Thomson Reuters research firm Point Carbon forecasts in a new report.
> 
> It forecast the price of carbon would rise from about $13 per metric ton in 2012 to $75 per ton in 2020.....

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