Power failure : the inside story of climate politics under Rudd and Gillard / / Philip Chubb
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| Autore: |
Chubb Philip
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| Titolo: |
Power failure : the inside story of climate politics under Rudd and Gillard / / Philip Chubb
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| Pubblicazione: | Collingwood, Victoria : , : Black Inc. Agenda, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (449 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 363.738746 |
| Soggetto topico: | Climate change mitigation |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Power failure |
| ISBN: | 1-922231-51-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787121903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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