
Coal | The Australian | Opinion: Michael Asten is a professorial fellow in the school of geosciences at Monash University, Melbourne.
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THE Copenhagen climate change summit closed two weeks ago in confusion, disagreement and, for some, disillusionment. When the political process shows such a lack of unanimity, it is pertinent to ask whether the science behind the politics is as settled as some participants maintain.

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