global warming

Former Liberal Leader Dr John Hewson joins Panorama to talk about the carbon tax legislation, opposition tactics, and climate change politics worldwide.

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Emissions trading, energy efficiency, carbon tax...what does it all mean?

Kevin Rudd faced a big backlash when he decided to shelve his emissions-trading scheme - one of his key election promises - but how many Australians actually understand how an ETS would work and what other parties are proposing?

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In the face of a clear scientific consensus, 30 per cent of Australians think concerns over global warming are exaggerated. How did it get to this?

We get most of our understanding of science from the media, so are journalists to blame that the heat has left the issue?

Panorama's Nick Toscano and Hayley Crane talk to a journo about balance and bias in reporting climate change, and to the Greens on why the political push has cooled, and why they blocked the ETS.

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Should we go nuclear? Should we have nuclear power stations to fulfill our power needs in Australia?

Safety concerns have hampered the move to nuclear energy, along with the question of what to do with the nuclear waste. But as we search for alternative energy sources, nuclear has made a comeback. Supporters say it's clean, it's viable and we've got lots of it right here at home.

Panorama's Alice Coulson, Nick Toscano and Ally Bergamin report.

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