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Leading article Australia

Conversation stopper

21 September 2019

9:00 AM

21 September 2019

9:00 AM

A s heavy snow fell in southeastern Australia this week, for the third time this year, preparations were still underway for Friday’s climate strike by those who want greater action to reduce carbon emissions.  But the cold weather has turned into a Cold War at The Conversation, a website for articles written by academics that are addressed to the general public, and which claims to have 10 million readers who visit each month. 

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