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 Stories About: Australia AND climate AND climate change impacts AND United States
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A really vicious cycle
Are Americans smart enough to learn from Australia's crisis? |
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26 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| What if there was a country that was like America in many ways, such as the obstinate refusal of its government to acknowledge that pursuing economic growth at the expense of the environment is simply a way to commit suicide faster, a fondness for beer, and an enormous capacity to live the high energy lifestyle as if there was no tomorrow? Could Americans learn anything from it?Bart A's always-excellent Energy Bulletin brings this chilling story about the very non-chill Austral ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, climate change impacts, United States (all these topics) |
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