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Business is picking up the pace ahead of the Paris climate summit

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageAhead of the Paris climate summit businesses have made pledges, including to purchase power from renewable generation. Wind turbine image from www.shutterstock.com

Last week 12 Australian companies committed to strong measures to tackle climate change at the Australian Climate Leadership Summit in Sydney. Many of these companies are household...

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Won't somebody think of the children? Five reasons why drug panics are counterproductive

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imageMedia reports would have us believing young people are using synthetic products in droves.stuart anthony/Flickr, CC BY

Recent reports of a “battle” between manufacturers of synthetic drugs and police would have us believe young people are using these products in droves. But although we have seen a rapid emergence of new, synthetic drugs...

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