the australian environment foundation

I love the way conservative think-tanks and anti-environmentalist groups give themselves names which mislead the average person.  The Australian Environment Foundation … sounds kinda warm and fuzzy, right?  Wrong!  Friends of the Earth wrote an article on this earlier this year, which borders on scary.  I guess I still find it shocking that any group can claim to be pro-logging, pro-mining and not be under constant scrutiny and challenged for its ideals.  Environmental groups are consistently challenged about their actions and beliefs.  I have too much faith in humanity!

In any case, its not really surprising that Don Burke is the face of this group.  As a child I called him Don Jerk, so I was always onto his ways.  I know, childish.

I don’t agree with people who support nuclear technology for energy production, but I can see their point and understand their argument.  Any “charity” which opposes the introduction of legislation to rule out wholesale clear felling – there is something fundamentally wrong here.