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With LNP powerbrokers Mal Brough and Christopher Pyne now having been revealed to have met James Ashby at least six times in the immediate lead-up to his civil and criminal claims against Speaker Peter Slipper, Ian Harris asks if the whole...
6 May, 2012 12:01 am / 6 comments
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Why do countries that use wind power much more extensively than Australia, such as Germany and Denmark, report almost no public concern about the so-called “wind turbine syndrome”? Neil Barrett examines the evidence.
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16 April, 2012 10:47 am / 6 comments
TweetFossil fuel companies promote global warming denial and battle against climate action because their vast fossil fuel reserves, says Bill McKibben from TomDispatch.
A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument...
8 February, 2012 9:24 am / no comments
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Environment editor Sandi Keane exposes the shadowy world of PR, where astroturfing and propaganda is used to coerce the public into sacrificing their own interests for those of big corporations.
Deceiving the public these days is a lucrative...
7 February, 2012 10:35 am / 7 comments
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Independent Australia should be grateful for the dismal state of the Australian media, because the way it misses or deliberately avoids so many major issues virtually forces people to our pages. Our coverage of the Fukushima nuclear disaster,...
18 July, 2011 12:01 am / no comments
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Anthropogenic climate change is real, but even if you don’t agree, putting a price on carbon makes good economic sense. David Donovan talks carbon economics.
by managing editor David Donovan
I believe that global warming is real. Or...
8 June, 2011 12:01 am / 21 comments
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The fossil fuel lobby has secretly donated millions of dollars to the Liberal Party in an attempt to prevent climate change action and hoodwink voters. Barry Everingham reports.
Funny thing about the current crop of climate change...
11 April, 2011 7:56 am / 16 comments