Austalia Cares by Claudia Sonea

The environment should be number one on the list of priorities of every country, but it is not. Despite the fact that it is something that should interest us all, no government has taken any decision in this respective, except the Australian who committed on Thursday to take the plastic bags out of the market until the end of the year. Peter Garrett, currently environment minister and former lead singer with protest rockers Midnight Oil and ex-head of the Australian Conservation Foundation, told in an interview to Sky News Australia that the plastic bags are a real big problem when it comes not only to pollution, but also the aesthetic aspect of the beaches. Billions of bags are being thrown every year, causing pollution and harming native wildlife and that is why it is crucial to eliminate them. He counts on Australians supporting and at the meeting that it will take place in April with his counterparts he expects to get the implementation of the actions until the end of 2008. This move was praised by environmentalist like Environmental group Planet Ark whose spokesman Jon Dee assures that the minister has full support. On the other hand Australian Retailers Association together with its chief Richard Evans accuse the government without taking in count that the latter one was elected in November on a strong environmentalist platform that it leads a populist politics. Far from being over the matter is still pending until April. In the context that China only make shoppers to pay for the plastic bags, the initiative of Garrett is worthy of all appreciation and it is a matter of support in fulfilling it. Green power!

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080110/sc_afp/australiaenvironmentpollution_080110193056;_ylt=AmllQt3wbYjGdAO3eZFdSPTPOrgF

by Claudia Sonea for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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