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The Role Of Beyond Zero Emissions In The Australian Climate Debate, Adam Robert Lucas
The Role Of Beyond Zero Emissions In The Australian Climate Debate, Adam Robert Lucas
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
Early in 2011, the Journal of Australian Political Economy (JAPE) published a special issue titled, ‘Challenging Climate Change’. It brought together a number of papers by climate change researchers and activists who had been invited during 2009 to contribute their perspectives to a one-day forum covering four different aspects of the climate change debate: carbon markets and the regulation of renewable energy; technological pathways toward sustainability versus a low-tech, ecosufficiency future; climate justice; and the experiences of a variety of environmental NGOs in campaigning for policy reform (Goodman & Rosewarne, 2011: 7). The aim of the forum and those who …
Corporate Discourse On Climate Change, Sharon Beder
Corporate Discourse On Climate Change, Sharon Beder
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
Corporations seek to manage democracies to suit their own interests through the exercise of persuasion, propaganda, political influence and financial power. This is particularly evident when corporate interests conflict with the public interest, as is the case with environmental protection. Effective government measures to avoid global warming have been thwarted for three decades as a result of corporate efforts. Corporations have sought to undermine public pressure for government action by casting doubt on global warming predictions by funding and promoting dissident scientists, front groups and think tanks. They have diverted blame from themselves in industry-sponsored educational materials. They have ensured …
Nuclear Energy: A Panacea For Climate Change?, Adam Robert Lucas
Nuclear Energy: A Panacea For Climate Change?, Adam Robert Lucas
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
Calls for a public debate about nuclear energy as part of the solution to global warming have been gaining regular coverage in the international media for the last several years. A number of politicians, business leaders and scientists tell us that the world is experiencing a 'nuclear renaissance' which none of us can afford to ignore. Proponents of nuclear argue that the grounds for scepticism about nuclear energy are no longer valid, and that technological improvements in recent years make it a viable and even a desimble option for new clectricity generating capacity. So what is the status of nuclear …