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UNINA9910815689903321 |
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Chubb Philip |
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Power failure : the inside story of climate politics under Rudd and Gillard / / Philip Chubb |
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Collingwood, Victoria : , : Black Inc. Agenda, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (449 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Climate change mitigation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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FRONT COVER; PUBLISHED BY BLACK INC. AGENDA; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; NOTE ON SOURCES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; TIMELINE; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE THE DEATH OF INNOCENCE; DARKNESS AT THE HEART OF GOVERNMENT; THE RUSH FOR THE GOLDEN DOORS; SQUANDERING CONSENSUS; ABSOLUTE POLITICAL COWARDICE; TWO LEADERS; PART TWO THE END OF CLIMATE CHANGE; THE SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION; REALLY FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG; DEAD SILENCE; STORMS INSIDE; CASHY, CASHY, CASHY; THE LIVED EXPERIENCE; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ENDNOTES; INDEX |
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The inside story of a wicked problem ... What should Australia do about climate change? A succession of leaders has tried to answer this question - and come unstuck. Politicians and public servants call it a "wicked" problem - one highly resistant to solution - and many approaches have been developed and discarded by the major parties. Some believe Australia's dependence on coal makes effective action impossible.In this book, award-winning journalist Philip Chubb examines the tenacity of fossil-fuel interests and their allies in business, politics and the media when their power is challenged. He |
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