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| Naomi Klein - Australia is raising its middle finger to the world on climate change. |
Renowned author Naomi Klein observed this week on Q&A that Australia is
raising its middle finger to the world on climate change. It is difficult to
disagree. The Paris climate agreement is now in force (and the world is meeting
in Marrakech to map out how to implement it), but Australia has not ratified
it, notwithstanding the inadequate emissions reduction targets the government
pledged.
Our coal pollution is rising and the government continues to
promote fossil fuel developments (despite this being incompatible with a safe
climate and the Paris commitments), while the decision to close the polluting
Hazelwood coal plant has simply been used as fodder for a fear campaign. To cap
it off, the government continues to court the vote of the climate denialist One
Nation rather than repudiating its absurd, anti-scientific views.
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