On Monday, the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, visited communities affected by bushfires in Dunalley, Tasmania. She made what should not be, by now, a controversial observation: “…we do know that over time as a result of climate change...

The world has a genuine chance to stop catastrophic climate change if Australia, China, the US and others act fast to stop the reckless expansion of dirty energy projects. These include some of the world’s biggest mines in planning right now for...