Tag: coal
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We did not reckon with the power that coal has upon Australian hearts
I’m still so depressed about the Australian election result. It’s Donald Trump all over again only worse because this time it’s the country I grew up in and the people I know voting for tax cuts in favour of clean air; tax cuts in favour of halting the warming planet; tax cuts in favour of […]
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Australia needs a new gig
January 2019 was Australia’s hottest January on record. March was its hottest March on record. February was its 5th hottest February. 2018 was its third hottest year on record. The temperature records are tumbling with no signs of abating and yet Australians yesterday voted for a party who want to build one of the largest […]
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The case for a Sovereign Wealth Fund
I’ve been wanting to write about this for sometime and now seems like an appropriate one with Australians looking like they’re about to elect an anti-science government determined to dig up every last speck of coal they can find. George Monbiot, who has come up with the term “Abbottalypse“, describes this strategy as a “21st-Century […]
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