Climate Liars
First Dog on the Moon
Nuclear and renewable energy policies were key issues in the May 2025 election campaign. In this cartoon, published in the week before polling day, First Dog’s ‘Ian the Climate Denialist Potato’ announced to ‘freedom fans’ that he had moved to the next stage of their ‘courageous crusade of sciencesque climate skepticism’ and had changed his name to ‘Ian the Renewable Energy is Inefficient and Expensive Potato’.
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