How many years have Australians of all stripes been happy to blame, without any scientific evidence, 'immigrants' &/or 'population growth' for environmental 'hygiene' issues?

Exxon, with Chevron, was spawned by Standard Oil founded by JDR and owned long term by the Rockefeller family (divested several years ago); the latter had also supported the German Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes into eugenics between the wars.

Seems round the time that Exxon and others knew about carbon and global warming (Peabody engineers knew in '60s?), Rockefeller Bros. supported and seeded, as did the Ford and Carnegie Foundations, ZPG Zero Population Growth (based on the Club of Rome 'limits to growth' PR constructs) with Paul 'Population Bomb' Ehrlich & white nationalist John 'passive eugenics' Tanton.

Claiming first fertility, then immigration led to 'population growth' impairing the environment, but ignoring climate science; as like now fertility rates had slowed, stagnating and many nations in decline (vs. 'global south' which is now following the same decline).

The same movement, now known in US as 'Tanton Network', support old white Australia policy, immigration restrictions, Brexit, Trump etc.; also used as a counter or foil by fossil fueled libertarians a la Koch with both networks sharing donors in the US.

Australians and governments following and being informed by this movement have gaslit science and have delayed transition from fossil fuels for a generation; well done Australia.

Steve S: A good example of the 'libertarian trap' and a long game...

'I wouldn't say Exxon are good guys. But they're not as bad as the UN. Hiding behind UN Net Zero, Albanese Labor can run 43% "emissions reduction" on their left hand, extreme population growth on their right. As Watersnake more or less points out.'

In fact the same? Former owners of Exxon i.e. Rockefellers gifted the UN NY real estate to build UN headquarters, and many suggest that they were given influence over the 'Sustainable' and 'Population' divisions.

Would explain how we came to have a Minister for Sustainable Population under Gillard government, under influence of Labor insiders?

Labor are beginning to realise that a Nation can not be run by idealism & the harsh reality is already dictating to resort to proven energy via coal !
I watched 'Chasing the Coral" which is homing in on climate change & its rising temperatures.
In one area of the reef they showed coral dying & dead but not very far away they showed a pristine reef scene 'not yet impacted by climate change'.
Wouldn't sea surface temperature be the same in a wider area ? To my thinking the demise of coral is far more due to poor water quality than temperature. Some areas where the pollutant carrying currents by-pass coral, the marine environment is still vibrant apart from the absence of fish due to overfishing by recreational fishers & to some rule disregarding commercial fishers.
Of course all the travelling industries are contributing to pollution which helps raise temperatures but the primary cause of the destruction of the environment are ordinary, stupidly selfish people & the global warming scientists are in symbiosis with them !