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Tag: climate denial

Talk with those who come after us

26 July 2023 Mik Aidt Australian matters, Local Geelong matters

“The real struggle over the next decade will not be for notoriety or power or wealth or pleasure but for something much more precious: Whether we will maintain the respect of our children.”~ Rupert Read The Sustainable Hour no. 469 |

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Big oil’s delay tactics are the new climate science denialism

13 September 2021 Guest writer Educational, World affairs

Academic researchers say the fossil fuel industry engages in ‘discourses of delay’ to divert attention away from the crisis

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The climate crisis is a crime story

16 July 2021 Guest writer Commentary, Educational, World affairs

Fossil fuel companies lied for decades about climate change, and humanity is paying the price. Shouldn’t those lies be central to the public narrative? By Mark Hertsgaard Every person on Earth today is living in a crime scene. This crime

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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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