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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 January 16th, 2009

Congratulations to Winners of the 2008 Weblog Awards

Posted by jennifer, January 16th, 2009 - under News.
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BASED on 933,022 votes cast in 48 categories over seven days of voting winners of The 2008 Weblog Awards have now been announced. 
Veteran political blogger, columnist and author, Andrew Sullivan, won the best blog beating the Huffington Post and others.   Mr Sullivan’s blogs is hosted by the Atlantic magazine.
Climate change sceptic, Anthony Watts, won best Science blog.  Mr [...]

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The Real “Tobacco Scientists”

Posted by Charlotte Ramotswe, January 16th, 2009 - under Opinion.
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With US federal expenditure on climate-related research over $5billion annually and hundreds of billions in “rents” to corporations pushing alarmist schemes the potentially corrupting factor of money cannot be ignored.   Read more here.

Valuing Passion Over Wisdom: Hansen Awarded Highest Honour by American Meteorologists

Posted by jennifer, January 16th, 2009 - under News, Opinion.
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THE director of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies, James Hansen, was awarded the 2009 Carl-Gustaf Rossby Medal in Phoenix yesterday.  This is the highest honour bestowed by the American Meteorological Society and was awarded for Dr Hansen’s outstanding contributions to climate modelling, understanding climate change forcings and sensitivity, and for clear communication of climate [...]