Obama vs Abbott - climate change

New information is emerging via Laurie Oaks, that things are not looking at all comfortable for Abbott in Washington. 

Australia is hosting the G20 summit in a while. Abbott, in all his climate denying wisdom, has decided to take climate off the agenda (I didn't know he could do that) so as not to "clutter" the schedule up that was supposed to be about economics; a staggering show of ignorance to not link climate change with new economic green opportunities. How in the fuck can you have an economy if the country's going to be wiped off the map every so often by a super hurricane? 

Of course Obama has a much more sane view, wanting climate change to be put back on the agenda at the G20 summit. 

Obama has committed himself to strong new measures to counter global warming. He and the Australian PM, who once described climate change science as “crap”, have little common ground on the matter. 

Now, more information has emerged. The Americans have let it be known that Obama is annoyed because Abbott refuses to allow climate change to be part of the G20 agenda. The PM has argued publicly that discussion of climate change would “clutter” an agenda that should concentrate on economic growth. 

THE President, however, sees climate change as a massively important economic issue, one that is already imposing heavy costs on the US economy. He is expected to press this strongly when he and Abbott get down to brass tacks in the Oval Office. more

Being as Tone see's Australia as the US lap dog, it might make for a rather tense discussion or two between Obama and our idiot abroad.