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Friday, October 1, 2010

Have The ENGO's Breached Their 'Not For Profit' Charity Status?

The Wilderness Society, Environment Tasmania and the Australian Conservation Foundation are negotiating to solve the Tasmanian 'forest wars'. But the talks are not just about wilderness and forests. The leaked draft agreement also covers the processing of timber, as well as a pulp mill. So what do industrial projects have to do with ENGO's? Nothing, in my opinion. This is the equivalent of the RSPCA consulting on the location of a pet food factory. It seems the environmentalists have been captured by the loggers agenda. What other charity, that enjoys a tax exempt, not for profit status, engages in land management, water management, labor hire agreements, industrial lobbying, industrial planning and power station planning, to name just some of the issues they are now consulting on? At least one complaint has been submitted to the ATO. My real concern is that The Wilderness Society continues to solicit donations to fight a pulp mill, while declaring to the media that 'a pulp mill is needed'. Isn't this blatant dishonesty? If anyone in these ENGO's does not understand why the secret forestry deal is a crime against Tasmanians then please read the following paragraph from a Tasmanian resident surrounded by tree plantations:
"We live in fear for our lives. Waiting for the inevitable inferno of explosive flames in this drying hotter climate to burn our houses and our flesh. Wondering when it could be possibly safe to collect rainwater because this thuggish government won’t tell us when they’re not aerial spraying; meanwhile deeply suffering the effects of endocrine disruption in our bodies. I have a pituitary tumor (along with asthma and COPD). Asthma is - linked to endocrine disruption - not just the choking smoke from giant industrial burns."Brenda Rosser on 08/09/10
Thanks for helping to destroy Tasmania you brave 'charities'.


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