Imagine having the responsibility to mould the tiny minds of the next generation and you have to buy your own clag

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The only other option was to go back in time and do something about climate change but time travel hasn’t been invented yet

Not only is solar more than capable of supplying all the world’s energy, in the long term it is the only power source that won’t fry the planet

How’s things? Fine thanks. NOT TRUE

Enough is enough!

The Adani coal mine has been operating for three years and has paid zero corporate tax. I for one am shocked

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Council in Adelaide censors strong language in some of the nearly 1,000 submissions that called for proposal to be struck down * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Elon Musk’s so-called “brand destruction” is in full flight in Adelaide, where residents have voted overwhelmingly to reject plans for a Tesla factory. The city of Marion in South Australia is considering selling 2,664 sq metres of public land – which is contaminated and not publicly accessible – to Tesla which wants to build a battery factory on the plot. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

After a landslide election win, there will never be a better chance to shake off old policy impasses and deliver a more ambitious plan for the environment * Australian federal election news LIVE – latest results and updates * Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter here Analysis of the election result has barely begun, but this much is clear: the country has backed a rapid acceleration towards renewable energy. Labor didn’t say much about the climate crisis during the campaign, announcing only one new policy. But Anthony Albanese and his climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, emerged with their ambitious goal of the country getting 82% of electricity from solar, wind and hydro by 2030 not just intact, but emphatically endorsed. Labor’s position has been relentlessly attacked by the Coalition, rightwing organisations backed by fossil fuel interests and one of the country’s biggest news media companies. Australians rejected this comprehensively. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...