Farmers are already propping up Australia’s climate accounts for free, while coal, gas and oil buy their way out of cutting pollution at the source, according to a new report from Farmers for Climate Action.
RK Crosby
RK Crosby is a broadcaster, journalist and pollster, and publisher of the New England Times.
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