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\nThe strange relationship between left and right and attitudes to climate change.
\n2:37 Happy 70th Anniversary to the Chinese Communists
\nIt\u2019s 70 years since Mao declared an end to the humiliation.
\n9:55 China USA Priorities
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\nFrom Newspoll
\nCoal-loving Morrison scolds China over emissions
\nFrom Jeff Sparrow in Crikey
\nIf chutzpah was combustible, Prime Minister Scott Morrison could single-handedly solve the global energy crisis.
\nAfter ostentatiously not attending the UN climate action summit, our \u201cman of titanium\u201d\u00a0capped off his American tour by insisting that China, as a rising power, must do more to reduce emissions.
\nThe effrontery was gobsmacking \u2026 because, in 2018, Australia sold China about\u00a0$15 billion worth of coal, a substance that, as you might have heard, bears some link to carbon pollution.
\nIn 2016 when the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)\u00a0contemplated prioritising renewable energy projects\u00a0throughout the region, then-treasurer Scott Morrison led the Australian lobbying effort to push funding back towards coal.
\nWhen, early the next year, the\u00a0AIIB reversed its policy, Morrison could barely contain his delight.
\n\u201cAustralia\u2019s national interest demands\u201d, he said, \u201cthat coal continue to be part of our future energy equation, not just here in Australia, but around the world. That is why following our strong representations, I am pleased that the AIIB has now put fossil-fuel generation investments back into the mix for their energy sector strategy, which is now under discussion.\u201d
\n13:20 Greta Thunberg
\nWhat did she say?
\nAn amazing reaction. She has triggered many people.
\nThe reaction is a classic case of playing the man (or the 16yr old girl) and not the ball.
\nFrom Umair Haque
\nThe child made to be an adult before her time is scolding the world\u2019s most powerful adults for acting like\u2026spoiled children. It\u2019s a genuinely bizarre, surreal, head-spinning thing to see. We see revealed, in stark terms, just how badly the world\u2019s leaders have failed. A little schoolgirl is taking them to task \u2014 literally. Can there be any greater indictment than that?
\nGreta, like all great figures of history, uses shame. Think of MLK. Think of JFK. Gandhi, Mandela, Malala. They are all titans of moral power. What gives moral power its shattering force? By making us bear witness, it appeals to our better selves. Our moral souls. Our consciences. It shames us.
\nThe Fist: The problem is these people don\u2019t feel shame.
\n20:28 Is Climate change a left right issue?
\nThe attack on Greta seems to be orchestrated by the right.
\nThe bulk of Thunberg’s attackers are right-wing media personalities, elected officials, and climate skeptics. These critics have taken a few different approaches, some more reasonable than others, in countering Thunberg.
\nFox News host Laura Ingraham said Thunberg, and other young protesters who participated in the\u00a0globa...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}