Be honest and nuanced: how Labor can keep its green credentials and still support coal | Peter Lewis

Labor needs to move the debate beyond slogans and shouting by arguing that despite its environmental downsides, coal has a placeHaving reached the self-evident conclusion that one can't win government without the support of at least a handful of regional communities, Labor is now coming to terms with its use of the C-word.With their opponents to their left and their right taking up the crude chant of "coal, coal, coal" - as shorthand for economic betrayal on the one side and environmental betrayal on the other - watching Labor field questions on climate is like watching a tightrope walker attempt to cross Niagara Falls. Continue reading...