Already under fire for choosing to host a global coal conference alongside the UN climate talks, known as COP19, in Warsaw this week, the Polish government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk has doubled-down on flouting the international call for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by firing Environment Minister Marcin Korolec in the middle of the talks and replacing him with a man closely associated with the nations gas fracking industry. As Reuters reports: Korolec will be replaced by Maciej Grabowski, former deputy finance minister responsible for preparing shale gas taxation. It is about radical acceleration of shale gas operations. Mr Korolec will remain the governments plenipotentiary for the climate negotiations, Tusk told a news conference. Polish environmentalists, already frustrated and embarrassed by the Korolec administrations continued allegiance to the coal and gas industry, were outraged by the decision.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 02:23:15 +0000
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