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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 May 23rd, 2007

The USA is an Anti-Whaling Whaling Nation: A Note from Rune

“What could have been a very hot issue this year at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) is the renewal of the aboriginal whaling quotas, in particular the quota for the United States.
The IWC is a highly polarised, single-issue regime with only whaling on the agenda. Either you are against it or in favour of it. [...]

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The Ethics of Eating a Smart Animal – Like a Whale

Dear Jennifer,
A review on cetacean brains and cognition was published last week in PLOS Biology. I think it is the best summary to date on this subject and it raises again the uncomfortable matter of the ethics of whaling irrespective of sustainability, legalities or cultural practices.
It should make for an interesting debate.
The article [...]