Australia passes a law to reduce emissions, at last
That will not stop it from opening new coal mines
Carbon has long caused chaos in Canberra. Prime ministers who tried to limit emissions were deemed a threat to Australia’s coal-heavy economy and chucked out by their parties. Three lost their jobs in what the national press dubbed “the climate wars”.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “A changed climate”
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