Jennifer Marohasy

WE have all heard about the rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.   Along with most people, I have accepted that this is mostly due to the burning of fossil fuels.  After-all, this is the accepted view, even for most so-called climate change skeptics.
 
But there is evidence indicating that most of the increase in atmospheric levels of carbon [...]

 
The now bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers invested heavily in the politics of global warming and were hoping to make millions out of emissions trading.   In an earlier blog post entitled ‘Bankrupt Lehman Brothers Promoted Global Warming’ I suggested this was part of their undoing.   According to Graham Young the issue is not specific to Lehman Brothers, or global warming, but rather [...]

 
Don Burke, best known for his TV program ‘Burke’s Backyard’, recently retired as chair of the Australian Environment Foundation (AEF).  He was at the helm of the organisation for three years and will continue to be a great ambassador for the environment. 

As a practical environmentalist, it is not surprising that as Chair the AEF [...]

Biofuels made from the stubble left over from harvesting grains could replace around one fifth of the volume of petrol used in Australia.
The article, Grain Stubble Could Power a Greener Future, by Anna Salleh, at ABC Online, doesn’t explain that this depends on second generation bioethanol production becoming an economic reality; but we are hopeful that this lignocellulosic [...]