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  • Reflections on Forty Years of Failed Australian Climate Policy (Foreword)

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    Lowe, Ian
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    Lowe, Ian
    Year published
    2020
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    Abstract
    Forty years ago, I analysed Australia’s future energy alternatives in the very first issue of Social Alternatives (Lowe 1977). It then became clear that climate change was significant and would demand a new approach to energy supply and use (Lowe 1989). Vested interests and right-wing politicians have prolonged the fossil fuel industry, largely through carefully orchestrated misinformation, but rapid change is now evident. The 2019-20 bushfires demonstrated the scale of the threat to Australia. While an optimist might think that even Coalition governments will have to bow to the inevitable, the fixation with growth remains ...
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    Forty years ago, I analysed Australia’s future energy alternatives in the very first issue of Social Alternatives (Lowe 1977). It then became clear that climate change was significant and would demand a new approach to energy supply and use (Lowe 1989). Vested interests and right-wing politicians have prolonged the fossil fuel industry, largely through carefully orchestrated misinformation, but rapid change is now evident. The 2019-20 bushfires demonstrated the scale of the threat to Australia. While an optimist might think that even Coalition governments will have to bow to the inevitable, the fixation with growth remains a fundamental obstacle.
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    Journal Title
    Social Alternatives
    Volume
    39
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    http://socialalternatives.com/issues/reflections-forty-years-failed-australian-climate-policy
    Copyright Statement
    © 2020 Social Alternatives. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Political Science
    Sociology
    Social Sciences
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/403001
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