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International Europe’s radical carbon choice Michael Jacobs 6 October 2010 European governments are considering a plan to cut carbon emissions irrespective of what other countries decide, writes Michael Jacobs National affairs The real cost of carbon pricing John Daley & Tristan Edis 23 September 2010 Although a price on carbon will mean real changes to parts of the Australian economy, write John Daley and Tristan Edis, its impact on most industries will be small International Arctic oil: the battle begins Michael Jacobs 2 September 2010 In every generation one issue comes to symbolise the wider battle to protect the natural world. This could be it, writes Michael Jacobs International Is it all over for climate change policy in the United States? Michael Jacobs 29 July 2010 Not quite, writes Michael Jacobs. But the battle will be a tough one

National affairs Dealing with the Senate’s climate impasse Richard Denniss 9 February 2010 The Greens and government should at least be able to agree that some carbon price is better than none, writes Richard Denniss International China’s Copenhagen paradox Peter Browne 14 January 2010 China’s decision to resist binding emissions targets at Copenhagen gives a glimpse of a country with big and sometimes conflicting plans for growth, trade and influence,… International Cold comfort Ian Lowe 17 December 2009 Ian Lowe catches some glimpses of the Copenhagen conference from outside in the queue National affairs The new geography of geothermal energy Peter Browne 5 December 2009 Could Latrobe Valley coal be creating a source of renewable energy? That’s one of the questions being explored in the Victorian Geothermal Assessment Report, writes…

National affairs Climate’s challenge to liberalism David West 20 May 2009 Tolerance, freedom and democracy can only survive if core elements of the liberal tradition are transformed, writes David West Essays & reportage South of the Goyder Charles Gent 16 May 2009 The southward movement of Goyder’s Line, which marks off arable land in South Australia, is creating unease among winemakers, writes Charles Gent National affairs Theirs or ours? Norman Abjorensen 5 May 2009 The federal government’s reversal on climate change is another example of the corporate colonisation of society, writes Norman Abjorensen National affairs Wrong climate for the Coalition Norman Abjorensen 22 April 2009 There is something faintly absurd about treating a potential global catastrophe as just another everyday event that can be managed, writes Norman Abjorensen