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Spinning a yarn on climate action
ORGANISATIONS across the globe spend squizzilions to carefully construct a corporate image which they think customers and clients will warm to. Political parties and major international corporations...
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Floods, climate and a “tiny” bit of coal outrage
AS the floods in Queensland and Victoria gushed through homes, businesses and streets leaving tragedy behind, all of that murky water and grime sent moral compasses and other measures of taste and...
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Cardinal Pell’s mine of climate misinformation
THE director of Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology Dr Greg Ayers must surely possess the patience of a saint or, if you don’t believe in saints, then the patience of my wife who has been waiting for me...
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Wielding power the Rinehart way
IT was one of those “drop your bacon sandwich at the audacity” kind of stories – the sort of revelation that shows what power and influence in a democracy really means. Australia’s wealthiest...
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Hector, the healthy lump of coal, targets kids
HE’S healthy, he juggles fruit, plays cricket, he always rides safely and kids can colour him in. Meet Hector, the lump of coal in a hi-vis safety jacket. Apparently, Hector has been popping up at...
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Monckton, Rinehart and a plan to capture the Australian media
BACK in July last year in a boardroom of a western Australian free-market think tank, the extrovert British climate change sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton was holding court. The topic for discussion?...
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Ten Funniest Climate Change Videos Ever (that I’ve seen and can remember)
CAREFULLY plucked like dew-covered orchids from the garden of YouTube, I hereby present the ten funniest videos about climate change which have ever been made, ever, by anyone, anywhere, ever – or at...
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The Australians backing Heartland’s climate science misinformation
A version of this blog originally appeared at DeSmogBlog. ANY conference worth its salt needs a nice long list of sponsors to give the impression of widespread diverse support for whatever the...
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Premier Newman Can Do Climate Science Denial
JUST in case anyone was in any doubt, Queensland Premier Campbell Newman reminded Australia earlier this week that his state was most certainly “in the coal business” and that protecting the Great...
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Coal is super awesome, says coal industry spokesman
Coal – one of the greatest products of all time. Better even than leaf blowers. THE Australian newspaper has run a free advertisement today for the coal industry in the form of an op-ed column by a...
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Key Coal Mining Lobbyist Explains Why We Can Now Ignore Everything He Says
QRC boss Michael Roche, who according to him, you can ignore Michael Roche is the executive director of the Queensland Resources Council – the powerful peak lobby group for the state’s coal industry....
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