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Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing by fruityrudy on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:51AM (#27590073)
How does [2] evidence “climate denying”. They just want to protect rural jobs.

Australia is not a leader. They represent a tiny fraction of CO2 emissions and it doesn’t make sense to tank the economy if the big emitters like China don’t actually take action.

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Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing by nicoburns on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:26AM (#27590311)
Australia is a much bigger emitter than China on a per-capita basis and is much wealthier. I don't see how we can convince China that they should cut emissions if places like Australia and the USA won't.
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Re:Australia opposes Great Barrier Reef ′in danger′ listing by hutzlibu on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:59AM (#27590131)
And how do you convince china, being on average way poorer than australia - to abolish coal, when rich australia is not?

And as far as I know, china is big on reneawbles. Australia is not, despite having top conditions for it.

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