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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 September 18th, 2007

EU has ‘Little Chance’ of Limiting Global Temperature Rise to 2C: Martin Parry Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group II

It was reported on BBC Radio 2 News today that the UK’s Martin Parry, co-chair of the IPCC’s working group II on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, has stated that the EU has ‘little chance’ of limiting global temperatures to a rise of 2C, due to the fact that global CO2 emissions are rising as though [...]

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Newsbusters: Judge Throws Out California’s Global Warming Lawsuit Against Car Makers

Full Judge’s opinion here.
A landmark decision concerning car companies and global warming was handed down by a federal judge in California on Monday. Yet, most people are likely not going to hear about it, because the ruling goes counter to the media’s agenda.
As reported by the Associated Press : “District Judge Martin Jenkins in San [...]

Is NASA’s Hansen Playing Enron Accounting Games With Climate Data? Blog Post by Noel Sheppard

Since NASA’s James Hansen finally released computer codes related to how climate data are collected and adjusted, anthropogenic global warming skeptics around the world have been waiting to see what a scientific examination of this information would produce.
On Monday, Canada’s Steve McIntyre, who himself debunked Michael Mann’s ridiculous “Hockey Stick” theory as well as identified [...]

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

I have long held the view that the relationship between indigenous and non-indigenous Australia is self-defeating. Belonging to the same landscape; bound together in territorial respect for the aspirations, life and memory of our own constituents; surely it can be agreed that the dislocation of indigenous peoples from their living cultural landscape is [...]

The Atmosphere is Thin and Oceans Shallow: An Illustration and Note from Lance Endersbee

I considered the relation between carbon dioxide (CO2) and the oceans as a surface or interface phenomena. The oceans are remarkably shallow in relation to the lateral extent. Similarly the atmosphere is remarkably thin.
The dominant common physical attribute is the vast surface area. The dominant driving force is the [...]