TAMWORTH Regional Council has been dragged into a climate emergency declaration following a heated debate at a recent local government conference.
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A vote to "proclaim a climate emergency" at the Local Government NSW conference was narrowly passed 51 votes to 49.
Tamworth mayor Col Murray has previously called declarations of this kind "a bit of a farce".
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"I don't think it is a climate emergency, we know the climate is changing ... we've seen climate change since the last ice age," he said.
While he said the climate was changing, he believed there needed to be more consideration about what actions were taken.
He said the discussions around coal-fired power would change if hot weather puts a strain on supplies and people couldn't use their air conditioners.