Australia is using the Paris climate agreement as an excuse to justify a new coal mine.

"Surely the government will make other cuts to cancel out the enormous emissions from this coal" is an absurd argument, given that in fact the Australian government is doing everything possible to keep emissions high.

The officials' strings are surely being pulled by the coal company's money, as part of a global plan to reject necessary cuts even though that is likely to kill billions. That the killing is not their goal, merely a byproduct, is no excuse for it.

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