Australian Animal Deaths, Carbon Emissions, Election Mystery

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Australian Animal Deaths, Carbon Emissions, Election Mystery

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Jan 10, 2020

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Tim Harford on animal deaths in Australia's fires, how many Labour voters went Conservative and are UK carbon emissions really down 40%. Plus: have we really entered a new decade?

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Jan 10, 2020

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Australian Animal Deaths, Carbon Emissions, Election Mystery

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