Archive for March 31st, 2009
Fire as a Threatening Process: A Note from Roger Underwood
Posted by Roger Underwood, March 31st, 2009 - under News, Opinion.
Tags: Bushfires
Comments: 21
ABOUT two months ago I received a “heads-up” from a mate who works in Canberra that Environment Minister Peter Garratt was considering listing prescribed burning as a threatening process under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Act. At first I thought this was nonsense, but then I reflected on the attitudes towards prescribed burning that we [...]
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Note to President Obama: The Science is Not Settled
Posted by jennifer, March 31st, 2009 - under Opinion.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change
Comments: 64
“Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change.The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clear.” President-elect Barack Obama, November 19, 2008
With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true.
We, the undersigned scientists, maintain that the case for alarm regarding climate change is grossly overstated. Surface temperature [...]
Empty Promises and Gridlock: Bjorn Lomborg Reflects on Earth Hour
Posted by jennifer, March 31st, 2009 - under Opinion.
Comments: 6
YESTERDAY the power failed in Sydney’s central business district and there was chaos. The cross-city tunnel was closed and many people became trapped in lifts in high-rise buildings and in traffic gridlock. This reminder of the importance of electricity came to the city that invented Earth Hour and just two days after Earth Hour 2009.
The following piece written by Bjorn [...]