Southern crossroads
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Turnbull must change climate policies or he will perishClimate groups must put the pressure on Turnbull to deliver policy outcomes now, while he has the political capital to act.
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After Fukushima, is it moral for Australia to sell uranium to India?
Alexander White: With Australian uranium in the reactors at Fukushima during the meltdown, is it moral to sell the asbestos of the 21st Century to India?
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The global people's climate march is a reason to be a climate optimist
Alexander White: The people's climate march is a reason to be a climate optimist, despite the grave dangers posed by runaway global warming.
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The People's Climate Mobilisation — your chance to commit to real climate action
Alexander White: On Sunday 21 September, tens of thousands of people in Australia will join the global people's march. Find out why from 350.org's Blair Palese.
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Sorry policy-makers, the two-degrees warming policy is likely a road to disaster
Alexander White: As we approach the New York climate summit, there are serious questions about whether the two degrees of warming limit is acceptable.
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The ten worst environment decisions in Abbott's first year
Alexander White: A year after his election, what does the Abbott government's environmental record look like? The answer is not pretty.
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Global labour's challenge to climate change
Alexander White: How is the global organised labour movement responding to climate change?
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We need to call out Abbott's climate nihilism
Alexander White: It's hard to pin down exactly what prime minister Tony Abbott really believes on climate change, but his policies could only have been developed by someone who believes global warming is a hoax.
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Australia needs the renewable energy target (and should increase it)
Alexander White: Fossil fuel addicted energy companies are attempting to reduce or abolish Australia's successful renewable energy target using the Warburton review as a stalking horse.
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Five reasons for the new senate to keep the carbon price
Alexander White: With the senate vote on the carbon price repeal imminent, here are five reasons the laws should be kept.
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Abbott completely isolated by Palmer's "inconvenient senate"
Alexander White: Clive Palmer's emissions trading announcement effectively leaves Abbott completely isolated on climate policy.
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Why it's not just bad for the reef that Tony Abbott is out of step on climateAlexander White: As he prepares to meet Barack Obama, the PM risks putting Australia's relations with the US in the deep freeze
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Why is climate communication so hard?
Alexander White: The recent debate about "climate change" versus "global warming" highlights why climate communication is so difficult.
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Climate change "off the G20 agenda" as Australia prepares to abolish carbon price
Alexander White: Ignoring climate change, the biggest threat facing the world, is simply not a moral option for Tony Abbott, Australia or the G20. It would be a huge mistake for the prime minister to make.
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What kills 3,000 Australians a year?
Alexander White: There's a silent killer that targets more than 3,000 disadvantaged Australians each year. What it is will surprise you
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Could Australia really dismantle its carbon price?
Alexander White: The conservative government in Australia proposes to be the first country in the world to abolish a legislated price on carbon emissions. Could Australia really go down this path?
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Australia's extreme budget meets extreme climate
Alexander White: The Abbott government's first budget was the least popular and most extreme in forty years, and was handed down during an almost unprecedented May heatwave
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The 2014 Australian budget is an opportunity to end fossil fuel subsidies, so why won't it happen?
Alexander White: Instead of cutting public funding for climate initiatives, Tony Abbott and the Australian government could save $2.4 billion next year by scrapping the diesel fuel subsidy. So why won't he?
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Western Australian senate election is repudiation, not validation, of Abbott's climate policy
Alexander White: If the recent Western Australian half-senate election was a referendum on the carbon price, it was yet another failure for Tony Abbott.
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Will the new IPCC report help climate action?
Alexander White: Can more and better scientific evidence about the risks of global warming from the IPCC help change the attitudes of climate deniers like Tony Abbott?
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Extreme heat in Australia: more, longer, hotter
As heat waves in Australia become hotter, longer and more frequent, it reveals the immorality of the Abbott government's climate denialism.
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What are the top five climate challenges for Australia?
Alexander White: This guest blog by Environment Victoria's safe climate campaign manager Nicholas Aberle looks at the top climate change challenges facing Australia.
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Why does Australian PM Tony Abbott support fossil fuel subsidies?
Alexander White: Why does Tony Abbott support $10 billion per year in fossil fuel subsidies but oppose an aid package for food manufacturer SPC-Ardmona?
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Are most Australians really climate 'agnostics'?
Alexander White: Former Prime Minister John Howard claimed Australians had "settled into a state of sustained agnosticism" on climate change. Is this true?
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The blackouts during Australia's heatwave didn't happen by accident
Alexander White: Australia broke yet another heatwave record this week while thousands of people suffered from electricity blackouts
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Australian environment minister is totally, shamefully negligent with "direct action" policy
Alexander White: The Australian government's "direct action" policy is like giving money to an illegal drug dealer to stop dealing drugs, then having no penalty if he keeps selling them.
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Should Australian newspapers publish climate change denialist opinion pieces?
Alexander White: Should Australian newspapers, like Fairfax, publish opinion pieces that deny or seek to cast doubt on man-made global warming?
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Australia swelters under a sham climate change policy after hottest year on record
Alexander White: With 2013 confirmed as Australia's hottest year on record, prime minister Tony Abbott must explain how "direct action" is credible.
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Tony Abbott's new year's resolution: disavow climate change extremist Maurice Newman
Alexander White: To have any credibility on climate change, Tony Abbott must disavow his climate change denying business adviser Maurice Newman
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You won't believe which environment group the Australian government has de-funded now
Alexander White: Climate change denying Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has gone after a small group of non-profit environmental advocates.
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Has the Great Barrier Reef just been approved for destruction by the Australian government?
Alexander White: One of the natural wonders of the world is about to have 3 million cubic metres of seabed dumped on top of it.
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Five warning signs Tony Abbott is turning Australia into a reckless charco-state
Alexander White: Is Australia a risk of becoming the coal equivalent of a petro-state. Here are five warning signs.
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