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Kangaroo Island Lorax project

February 3, 2009 – 10:52 am

Today, a guest contribution from Kathie Stove, a resident of Kangaroo Island:
The late writer Douglas Adams notably gave the answer to the meaning of life as 42. Those of us who got excited about the possibilities for an Australian Labor government could be excused for thinking that there was something in that number when the [...]

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Telstra’s environment expert dismisses Rudd’s climate change targets

December 17, 2008 – 9:02 pm

In a blog post yesterday, Telstra’s Group Manager Dr Turlough Guerin wrote:
These are very conservative targets and unlikely to encourage the investments needed to transition to a low-carbon economy. And they don’t push consumers far enough to make the behaviour changes to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
This is the crux of the matter, the extent [...]

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Balance required in media coverage of global warming

November 29, 2008 – 10:56 am

Global warming is not just a big scientific, environment, economic, political and human story, it is also an interesting case study of what the media reports and doesn’t report. 
On Tuesday this week, the Australian carried an op-ed from legendary botanist David Bellamy in which he claims to have been marginalised because of his global warming [...]

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Why you should learn to love the GFC

November 24, 2008 – 5:08 pm

The GFC (global financial crisis) is a vital part of this great system of capitalism that we all seem to love, love in spite of ourselves or accept because we are simply at a loss to think of a workable alternative. Way back when this was a little downturn, George Bush said: “In a market [...]

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