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Published 03-07-2017
ISBN 9780522871692
Pages 192
Subjects Society and culture: general Conservation of the environment
Imprint MUP Digital

Climate Wars

Mark Butler

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Paperback Hardback eBook
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Published 03-07-2017
ISBN 9780522871692
Pages 192
Subjects Society and culture: general Conservation of the environment
Imprint MUP Digital

As the consequences of climate change become perilously close to the point of no-return, time-wasting wars over what to do distract us from taking real action.

Mark Butler, the opposition minister for climate change and energy, makes a forceful case for using less and cleaner energy as part of global action to save the planet. Doing so will also make Australia attractive for the massive global market of investors and create new jobs in clean energy.

Climate Wars argues that only Labor, the party with a proven track record for national reform, has the plan and the will to ensure bold action before it is too late.

About The Author

Mark Butler has been the Labor Member for Port Adelaide in the federal parliament since 2007 and served as Minister for Ageing in the Gillard government. He has also held the Ministries of Mental Health, Housing, Homelessness, Social Inclusion, Climate Change and the Environment. In 2013 Mark was awarded the Alzheimer's Disease International Award for…