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Shopping causes global warming
Australian newspaper identifies consumerism as warming culprit |
Tom Athanasiou |
28 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I was just in Australia, spending some love miles (my wife is an Aussie) but also giving some talks, and while there I was interviewed by a journalist named Wendy Frew from the Sydney Morning Herald. She did a nice piece (August 9) on Greenhouse Development Rights called 'Rich will have to help poor to save climate,' which is perhaps notable for containing the dulcet phrase 'coal is the enemy of mankind.' But that's not what I'm writing about.What I'm writing a ... |
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| Topics: climate, consumerism, ecological footprint, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, shopping (all these topics) |
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