Reviving the climate wars risks all Australians losing the battle

Reviving the climate wars risks all Australians losing the battle Old habits die hard. For the federal Coalition, that became glaringly obvious last weekend when Opposition Leader Peter Dutton proposed ditching Australia’s legally binding climate target of cutting emissions by 43 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 if he won office. For the nearly 10 years the Coalition was last in office, global warming denialism was the clarion call of the party’s right faction, turning the climate wars into …