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The Climate Killer Oscars of the Carbon Dinosaur Tour were given
out for exceptional efforts to ruin the climate and excellence in the
field of emissions production. MORE
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Award winners
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October, Belgium
 
In Ghent, Belgium, a Climate Killer Oscar was given to Fientje
Moerman, ex-ministerfor energy, for mostly listening to
the industry lobby rather than environmental needs as her
continuous fight against the Kyoto Protocol. Another prize
was dedicated to Marc Verwilghen, her successor not only
as a minister but also in her dinosaur thinking..
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September - 2 October, Slovenia
  
The Slovenian climate killer oscar goes to Janez Kopac,
Minister for Energy, Spatial Planning and Environment, for
not tackling growing emissions, overallocating emission
rights to inefficient coal power stations and for giving
energy tax exemptions for electricity-hungry industry.
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September, Slovakia
  
Slovakian Economy Minister receiving the shameful climate
killer prize.
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September, Vienna, Austria
 
Austrian Economy Minister Martin Bartenstein receiving the
shameful Carbon Dinosaur award for continously undermining
efforts to meet Austrian's Kyoto target and actively trying
to scrap existing legislation for supporting ecologically
sustainable energies.
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September, Dresden, Germany
  
Georg Milbradt stand-in, prime minister of the federal state
of Saxony (Eastern Germany) receiving the shameful climate
killer oscar in Dresden, for his exceptional efforts to
promote economically questionable lignite mining and actively
furthering the destruction of the 700 year old village of
Heuersdorf against the opposition of the villagers.
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August, Stockholm, Sweden
 
George Bush won the Climate Killer Award in Sweden. We all
know why he deserves the award every day in every country.
The unique Swedish Climate Saver award was given to the
Stockholm cyclists, here represented by a randomly chosen
by-stander.
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July, Tallinn, Estonia
 
Climate Killer Oscar awarded to Economy ministry for failing
to respect the national energy plan.
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July, Vilnius, Lithuania
TWO climate killer oscars were given out in Lithuania: The
Russian oil company Lukoil received the award for their
oil extraction projects next to the UNESCO heritage site
Curonian Spit, endangering ecosystems and furthering dependence
on fossil fuels. The other award went to the Minijos Nafta
oil company, for their plans to extract oil near the settlements
Kintai and Agluonenai, putting the local communities and
sustainable tourism at serious risk.
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July, Bucharest, Romania
 
Stand-in Romanian Transport Minister Miron Mitrea recieving
the climate killer oscar for spectactular efforts to block
sustainable transport in Romania e.g. through the construction
of the Brasov-Bors motorway or the dismantling of the Romanian
railway system.
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June, Santiago de la Compostela, Spain
  
The "director" of Spanish company Endesa's
coal fired power plant As Pontes receives a Climate
Killer Oscar on behalf of the stubborn fossil fuel industry
in Spain.
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June, London, UK
 
In London, the dinosaur has
been nicknamed 'Digby' after Digby Jones, Director General
of the Confederation of British Industry, who has proved
himself a dinosaur by undermining Government's plans to
control greenhouse gas emissions from industry.
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June, Brussels, Belgium
 
The 'Climate Killer Oscar' has been presented (in absentia)
to Commissionner Loyola de Palacio, in 'recognition' of
her repeated efforts to destabilize EU support for the Kyoto
Protocol and related policies. BRIEFING:
-- Why de Palacio receives this award
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May, Trondheim, Norway
 
First recepient of a climate killer oscar, during a dinosaur
visit in Trondheim, Norway: Tore Sandvik, chair of a
regional parliament in Norway, for directing taxpayers'
money to a fossil fuel project that nobody needs.
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Why we are giving out the awards
The Carbon Dinosaur has been touring Europe exposing those responsible
for blocking action on climate change. The fossil fuel industry is very
fond of self congratulatory acknowledgments regarding their activities
to face up to climate change, so we decided to follow suit and award
Climate Killer Oscars to Europe's worst Carbon Dinosaurs.
To qualify for the awards the winners must have had distinguished themselves
through their "exceptional efforts to ruin the climate and attained
excellence in the field of emissions production". This is no easy
achievement. The winners would have managed to ensure the dominance
of outdated, inefficient and unsustainable technology. They have been
resisting the overwhelming claim for emission cuts, reduced energy demand,
increased efficiency and increased use of renewable energy. They would
have acted against the long term interests of for the short term profits
of the few.
All pillars of the fossil fuel industry, including ministers, lobbyists,
chairmen and politicians, were eligible for these coveted awards.
As the tour went on, in several countries Climate Killer Awards
were given out to those who had done enough to be included in the climate
change Hall of Shame.
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