Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun? | Joëlle Gergis
by Joëlle Gergis from on (#6N7V0)
In a new Quarterly Essay, Joelle Gergis says that while Rome wasn't built in a day, the Albanese government's lack of action on climate change does not reflect the urgency of the crisis
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Although the 2022 federal election ushered in a new era of progressive politics in Australia, as Labor's first term in power has progressed many people are now wondering if the political deadlock on our nation's climate policy has really been broken.
Although some good ground has been made, the federal government's actions still don't reflect the urgency of the planetary-scale crisis we are in. Australia's greenhouse gas emissions are rising and enormous fossil fuel projects continue to be approved to meet domestic and international demand.
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