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Books & arts Retreat to the backyard Peter Spearritt 7 October 2010 Peter Spearritt looks at how traffic engineers and apartment developers are degrading Australian cities 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 Climate science: dealing with the (minor) errors Melanie Fitzpatrick 8 March 2010 Regardless of claims by polluters and sceptics, the IPCC’s science is overwhelmingly sound, writes Melanie Fitzpatrick from the Union of Concerned Scientists in Washington 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

Essays & reportage We aren’t refugees Jane McAdam & Maryanne Loughry 30 June 2009 For people on Kiribati and Tuvalu facing increasing climate pressures, the description “refugee” has too many negative connotations, write Jane McAdam and… 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