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Surface-based Temperature Records
THE warmaholics are fond of using the phrase “official records going back to 1850″, but the simple facts are that prior to the 1970s, surface-based temperatures from a few indiscriminate, mostly backyard locations in Europe and the US are fatally corrupted and not in any sense a real record.  Read more here. (0)

Crazy Claims from Climate Scientist
This is absured, but true: Australia’s use of coal and carbon emissions policies are guaranteeing the “destruction of much of the life on the planet”, a leading NASA scientist has written in a letter to Barack Obama.  Read more here. (4)

Learning by Candlelight
As I waited night after night for the electricity to return, candlelight kept teaching me about moving air’s talent for removing heat, hampering any effort to keep warmth “down here” by constantly sending it up and away.   Read more here. (0)

People Powered Gym
A US gym has installed specially-adapted exercise bikes that recycle energy generated by people as they work out.   Read more here. (0)

Flying on Vegetable Oil
A passenger plane has successfully completed a two-hour test flight partly powered by vegetable oil.  Read more here. (2)

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Archive for May 9th, 2007

An Update from Ann Novek on Whaling in the North

“The controversial Icelandic whaling fleet captain, Mr. Kristian Loftsson, has stated that whale hunting is a matter of independence.
Some government ministers have as well claimed that whale hunting is an internal affair and not any other nation’s business. Many people, however, believe that such talk is nationalistic nonsense.
http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/search/news/Default.asp?ew_0_a_id=251371
The whaling issue has split Iceland into almost [...]

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Revisiting the Overseas Press Club Award: The Campaign to Jail Richard Ness (Part 4)

“On 24 April 2007, the Manado court [in North Sulawesi, Indonesia] handed down a decisive, unambiguous verdict clearing my Dad [Richard Ness] of all charges and declared that Buyat Bay was never polluted, the fish are safe for human consumption and the people are fine.
Now let’s rewind almost two years back to 27 April 2005. [...]

Budget Not Big on Climate

Last night the Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello, handed down the budget for the nation for the next financial year (2007-08).
There were tax cuts, big increases in spending on higher education, but surprisingly little in response to all the community hysteria over climate change.
There was not a word on a possible carbon tax or emissions trading [...]