Archive for September 10th, 2007
Victorian Environment Assessment Council Set to Flood Murray River Communities: AEF Media Release
Posted by jennifer, September 10th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Water
Comments: 11
“Proposals for 4,000GL ‘overbank’ floods of the Murray River by the Victorian Environment Assessment Council beggar belief” said the chairman of the Australian Environment Foundation, Don Burke.
Mr Burke’s comments came at the conclusion of the foundation’s annual conference in Melbourne where a taskforce of scientists experienced in water, forestry and land management issues was appointed [...]
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What Peer Review? A note from John McLean on the IPCC
Posted by jennifer, September 10th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 40
Hi Jennifer,
Bob Ferguson of the Science and Public Policy Institute has just asked me to draw your attention to the fact that he’s published my analysis of the IPCC review.
It’s titled “Peer Review, What Peer Review” and can be found at http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/sppi_originals/peerreview.html
A key finding in the document is that the WG I chapter that attributed [...]
The Sydney Climate Change Declaration: Who Cares?
Posted by jennifer, September 10th, 2007 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 15
Paul Kelly writing in today’s The Australian has suggested that
“The Sydney climate change declaration is a success for John Howard, a good outcome for APEC and an incremental step on the long journey to find global agreement on a post-2012 emissions policy.
“The leaders’ declaration is exactly what the APEC forum was established to do [...]

