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Scientist Steve Schneider Flips Fears
On the TV show In Search Of…The Coming Ice Age, Steven Schneider wonders whether mankind should intervene in staving off a coming ice age.  Watch the old footage on YouTube here. (24)

Australian Liberals Oppose Carbon Trading
Australian Opposition Leader (Malcolm Turnbull) will be forced to stare down more than two-thirds of the Liberal back bench if he proceeds with his plan to negotiate with the government over amendments to the emissions trading scheme before December’s Copenhagen climate change conference.   Read more here. (2)

Not Evil Just Wrong
Buy the DVD by clicking on the flashing icon above. (1)

Climate Change Summit in New York
In New York… Chinese leader Hu Jintao … U.S. President Barack Obama more or less shuffled climate control policy off into the great dreamscape of unattainable plans and long range objectives. Like equality for all and peace in our time …  Terence Corcoran, Financial Post (1)

Minerals Industry Now Complaining
THE [Australian] minerals industry has demanded [the Prime Minister] Kevin Rudd overhaul his proposed emissions trading system or risk smashing Australian jobs and the nation’s industrial competitiveness.  Read more here. (1)

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Archive for October 3rd, 2006

Global Warming Bits & Pieces

I’ve received a few bits and pieces on global warming from readers of this blog:
Cathy sent me a link to an article explaining that the European Commission is set to roll out the first phase of a major pan-European marketing campaign to raise awareness of climate change:
http://www.revolutionmagazine.com/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=ViewNewsArticle&newsID=595977
Luke recommends http://www.theozonehole.com/climate.htm for everyone still wondering about [...]

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Australian Environment Foundation Update

Australian Environment Foundation Chairman Don Burke will be attending the Great Aussie Breakfast at Federation Square in Melbourne on Wednesday October 4th as a guest of the Victorian Farmers Federation. The breakfast runs from 7 – 10am .
The first AEF Conference & AGM held over the weekend of 23rd and 24th September was a [...]

How Are Plastic Bags a Symbol of Inefficiency?

Plastic bags are free, convenient, versatile, re-usable and through a voluntary program Australians apparently use nearly 50 percent less of them than we did three years ago.
But from 2009 you will need to pay for every plastic bag you take from a supermarket if you live in Victoria. Why? Because they are apparently [...]