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AUSTRALIA | S06 E4 - The decade when climate change became a culture war
AUSTRALIA | S06 E4 - The decade when climate change became a culture war
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Mar 16, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
In 1997, the debate over climate change in Australia was relatively civil. The question was not whether climate change was happening, but what should be done about it?In the following decade, Australia’s mining industry polluted the debate with misinformation. This is the story of how Australia's understanding of this vital issue went backwards.
Released:
Mar 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
AUSTRALIA | S06 E5 - What we missed while we were knifing PMs: For more than a decade, Australian politicians have discovered - the hard way - that climate policy is a dangerous game. But as the Federal Parliament tore itself apart, the rest of the world moved on, finding new ways to understand the effects of climate change, and deal with it. This is the story of how Australia fell behind the rest of the world, and why we might finally be ready to catch up. Guests: by If You're Listening