climate change

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  • Thoughts on a Fire-Fighting Tony Abbott

    During last week’s catastrophic NSW bushfires, Greens leader Adam Bandt reminded us of the very real human cost of worldwide Climate Change. Tony Abbott literally put out fires. Which politician was more guilty of politicising a tragedy?

  • The First World Is Destroying the Third World Through Climate Change

    To put it bluntly, we’re reaching peak everything. We’ve blown through our one-time inheritance of natural capital (fossil fuels, topsoil, groundwater, biodiversity) like the crazy, hairless apes we are.

  • Humanity Is Getting Verrrrrrry Close to Extinction

    We've had a good run, but the Near Term Extinction movement and others are saying that it's pretty much over for humans. Oh, well.

  • Australia, Is Tony Abbott The Better Choice?

    Abbott and Rudd call themselves leaders but you have no idea what you’re getting. As a young, brown, broke, inner city dude, the pundits say I’m inclined towards Rudd and Labor but this recent PNG hop over to the far right muddled up what was already...

  • How Our Stupidity On Climate Change Will Cost Us More Money

    Kevin Rudd today announced he would bring the Emissions Trading Scheme forward by a year. Currently, around 500 big businesses pay about $25 for every tonne of carbon dioxide they emit. This fixed price will now be scrapped a year earlier than planned...

  • Watch a New Episode of 'VICE' on HBO Tonight

    As another workweek reaches its terminus and you start assembling your dissolute impulses into a “weekend plan,” we hope you’ll remember that with another Friday comes another episode of 'VICE' on HBO. Here’s what you can expect in our weekly ode to...