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The accumulation of heating the earth leads to this ………….. Between 2014 and 2016, emissions remained largely flat, leading to hopes that the world was beginning to turn a corner.
Category: Columns
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Ian Dunlop: Our political leaders fail in face of Climate Emergency
The insults hurled by David Leyonhjelm at Sarah Hanson-Young recently put parliamentary discourse in the gutter. Leyonhjelm was roundly condemned, but not by our leaders. A limp slap across the knuckles from Turnbull and Shorten, then on to more pressing matters, hoping it will all go away. First published in Renew Economy – 8 August, Continue Reading →
Tech assumptions embed digital divide
Two contradictory technological currents combine to further disempower the already disadvantaged. On one hand, the assumption that people in general have a certain technical capacity (both access and skills) means that those without that capacity are left on the wrong side of the digital divide pushing them into a downward spiral that mirrors the compounding Continue Reading →
Trump’s trade tweet leaves out the big one – the Petro-Yuan
Although apparently random and etiquette busting, Trump’s tweets are carefully calculated to evoke particular responses. One message that is notably absent from all the bluster about Chinese trade is any discussion of China trading oil in Yuan. While the mainstream press argues that this is because it does not matter, a long term reading of Continue Reading →
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My question: why bother to reduce fossil fuels if we do nothing to the major forcing: population?
The John James Newsletter 259 17 November 2018
We just ended the hottest summer on record. We have fuels that are in critical drought state. This is the sixth year of seven years of drought.