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Tag: climate denial

Leadership comes from the youth

25 September 2019 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

Guest in The Sustainable Hour on 25 September 2019 is Lachie Chomley from The Farm Next Door in Norlane.

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Climate policy procrastination’s 30 year anniversary

6 July 2018 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational

Cheers: Climate policy procrastination can now celebrate its 30 year anniversary in Australia and the United States. Consequently is should be no surprise that we are now beginning to see statements such as these from the scientific community: “At this

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Climate change criminality and the period of consequences

27 February 2018 Andrew Glikson Educational, Recommendation

A review of the new book ‘Unprecedented Crime: Climate Science Denial and Game Changers for Survival’ by Dr Peter Carter and Dr Elizabeth Woodworth Reviewed by Dr Andrew Glikson, Earth and Paleoclimate scientist, Australian National University “The era of procrastination,

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Call for your ideas: Action plan to reach zero carbon

14 September 2017 Mik Aidt Recommendation

What should the Geelong community’s ‘Zero Carbon Action Plan’ look like? Have your say! Also, write a letter to the editor of the Geelong Advertiser, and get involved on ‘Zero Emissions Day’, 21 September 2017 – the global 24-hour moratorium

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Restore a safe climate? First we must restore trust

22 February 2017 Mik Aidt Commentary 2 comments

“The Federal government has been promoting coal, misleading the public on causes of blackouts and electricity rises, and trashing renewable power. They’ve seemingly forgotten all about climate change. Meanwhile extreme weather has played havoc on power infrastructure around the country,

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Let’s meet and greet our local climate sceptics with confidence – and a smile

29 August 2016 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Commentary, Educational, Local Geelong matters 3 comments

You can’t judge climate sceptics as if they are all the same. They come in various sizes and shapes, with different motivations, and we need to be able to distinguish sceptics from deniers, trolls from laggards. We have seen their

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Climate policy crippled by greed – and the way we can change that

1 August 2016 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational

 [CLIMATIC ROOT TREATMENT]  is a series of blogposts seeking to uncover and understand the deeper roots of society’s problems with taking appropriate action on the climate emergency, and to explore the advantages we could see once the action sets in.

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Climate misinformation thrives in Australian media

20 January 2016 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Commentary One comment

Climate misinformation thrives in Australian media. The Australian Press Council has a stake in this. Along with other regulators and authorities, the Press Council fails to understand that the fatal climate crisis caused by an ongoing build-up in greenhouse gases

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The economic impact of doing something about climate change

29 March 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary

Our guests in the 65th Sustainable Hour were Rob Gell and Christine Couzens. “The Chinese understand. We are laggards in Australia in our understanding. The media in particular. Journalists have really not chosen to inform themselves. There are very few

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Climate change, sea level rise and the letter writers

18 March 2015 Mik Aidt Commentary One comment

“We are putting climate change back on the agenda in Victoria”, climate minister Lisa Neville declared at the Australian Coastal Councils Conference last week, promising to make the Victorian state a national and international leader on the issue. In the

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