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The deadly devastation of global warming We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss April 2, 2021 12.02am Normal text size Credit:Illustration: Cathy Wilcox To submit a letter to The Age, email [email protected]. Please include your home address and telephone number. THE ENVIRONMENT The deadly devastation of global warming The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s global warning canary in the coal mine, and it is dying (The Age, 1/4). Action needed to be taken decades ago and the Coalition has resisted every step of the way. From destroying the Labor government’s attempts to introduce a carbon price, which will now be imposed on us by our trading nations, as Jessica Irvine says (Opinion, 1/4), to encouraging new coal mines and a gas-led recovery, the government has failed Australians. It trumpets the spending of billions of dollars on submarines and missiles “to keep Australians safe” but re ....