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"President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that would block state
laws seeking to tackle greenhouse gas emissions – the latest salvo in his
administration’s campaign to roll back United States’ climate action.
Under Trump, the US has clearly abdicated climate leadership. But the US has in
fact obstructed climate action for decades – largely due to damaging actions by
the powerful fossil fuel industry.
In 20 years studying attacks on climate science and the powerful forces at work
behind the scenes, I’ve come to think the United States is simply not going to
lead on climate action. The fossil fuel industry has so poisoned the well of
public debate in the US that it’s unlikely the nation will lead on the issue in
our lifetimes.
Australia, on the other hand, has enormous potential.
I recently visited Australia from Harvard University for a series of public
talks. This nation is very close to my heart. I trained as a mining geologist
and spent three years in outback South Australia, before returning to academia.
The vacuum Trump has created on climate policy provides a chance for other
countries to lead. Australia has much more to gain from the clean-energy future
than it stands to lose – and your climate action could be pivotal."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
