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Recently though, our State Governments have discussed instigating a carbon trading scheme - the details are still to be decided - and that's an encouraging sign.
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Some people are born with the necessary gift, and some work hard to build on the few gifts they have.
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I believe that the quantum of our knowledge will increase considerably in the coming years and that scientists will continue to be amongst the brave voices speaking out.
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There are a range of associated impacts related to increasing temperatures which affect both evaporation rates and river systems, which are already over stressed, and these will hit farming communities and the health of crop lands.
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But no matter how big the effort to push a propaganda line might be, climate change is bigger. This, undoubtedly and regrettably, is the biggest immediate long-term environmental challenge we face. A failure to concretely come to some policy outcome on climate change has not only a negative environmental impact but also social and economic consequences for us.
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I have always had, as I know many people have, a singular passion for Australia. I do love the sunburnt country, its ancient landscapes, its exhilarating reaches of sand and sea.
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The core strands of my involvement in public life are a belief in the need to strive wherever possible for equality of treatment and opportunity, to ensure all people have the means to a decent livelihood.
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There is job growth in renewables, there is job growth in energy efficiency and there is job growth in developing innovative industries and technologies to successfully meet the challenge of climate change.
Peter Garrett Midnight Oil
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Climate change is also clearly a matter of huge interest and concern for the scientific community.
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This is the rollcall of evolution happening in the space of a few generations, the greatest loss of living things that make up our biodiversity since the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
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Well I'm not convinced that expanding uranium mining is in the best interests of the country and the best interests of its environment.
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We carry in our hearts the true country and that cannot be stolen. We follow in the spirit of our ancestors and that cannot be broken.
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The challenge that climate change presents to us, both in Australia and around the world, won't be solved by ramping up the nuclear industry.
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It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.
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