Democracy, that's democracy as envisaged by Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri and his Online Citizen Assembly he writes about in Pearls and Irritations.
He argues, " Australia’s fading democracy calls for radical rethinking";
"Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.";
"The Australien Government has made an ad for the coming election, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!";
"Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget";
"Trump’s new reason for canceling grants: ‘Climate anxiety’";
"World Expo 2025 opens in Osaka themed 'Designing Future Society for Our Lives'";
"Fresh details emerge on Australia’s new climate migration visa for Tuvalu residents. An expert explains";
"Scottish wildfire risk increases after lack of spring showers";
"UK weather: wildfire warning as hottest day of the year expected";
"Some good news on the climate transition";
"Pollen peril: how heat, thunder and smog are creating deadly hay fever seasons";
" California’s $59bn agriculture industry reels under Trump’s wavering tariffs";
"Beyond anxiety: Teens’ mental health suffers on Africa’s climate frontlines";
"Fire smoke tied to thousands of premature deaths in 2017 alone";
"Trump Guts Agency Critical to Worker Safety as Temperatures Rise";
"‘Waste Wars’: A Conflict With No End in Sight";
"The Home of Natural Sequence Farming";
"A Natural Sequence Farm.";
"Victoria wants to burn more waste for energy – in someone else’s electorate";
"March 2025: Earth’s 3rd-warmest March on record";
"Some good news on the climate transition";
"New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say";
"Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers";
"NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire";
"Meet a Family That’s Betting the Farm on a Wild Idea. Literally";
"Bridges and Tunnels in Colorado Are Helping Animals Commute";
"Governments agree green shipping targets and fees for missing them";
"Renewable and Low-Carbon Sources Accounted for Over 40% of Global Electricity Production in 2024: Report";
"Friday essay: in an uncertain world, ‘green relief’ offers respite, healing and beauty";
"Australian voters are left in the dark on climate targets as they head to the ballot box";
"‘Endearing and fascinating’ yellow-bellied glider faces ‘inexorable slide’ into extinction";
"Green activist group is pausing work after backlash by investors";
"The unusual inspiration for this energy-free cooling system is elephant skin";
"‘Deep Change Theory’ Could Pull Us Out of a Global Climate and Pollution Crisis, Scientists Say";
"Trump Orders a U.S. Exit From the World’s Main Climate Pact";
"‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest capital";
"Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report";
"Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods";
"Not enough water available for Coalition’s nuclear proposal to run safely, report finds";
"Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters";
"The Coalition prepares to soften Australia’s 2030 climate target, while reaffirming its commitment to the Paris Agreement";
"How Capitalism Crashes Democracy";
"Livestock producer speaks with SBS about impacts of floods in south-west Queensland";
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