Monthly Archives: August 2022

Fossil fuel industry has government in a spin

Over 100 years ago, in March 1912, a popular US science and technology magazine said that “it may well be that the enormous present-day combustion of coal is producing carbon dioxide so fast that it will have important climatic effects.” … Continue reading

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Tough times call for open government

In times like these, when you can buy an alternative universe in a box labelled VR, it might seem normal to have a prime minister persuade his governor-general to give him unheard-of power and then keep it secret from the … Continue reading

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Confronting democracy’s demons

A fortnight ago in a Texas courtroom, a woman looked Alex Jones in the eye and said: “I want you to hear this. I think you know that Sandy Hook was real, that it happened… But I don’t think you … Continue reading

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