Archive for July 13th, 2009
In Melbourne: Big Al, Small Protest
Posted by jennifer, July 13th, 2009 - under Good Causes, News, Opinion.
Tags: Carbon Trading, Climate & Climate Change, People
Comments: 116
ANYONE who denies global warming is in the pay of big oil. Remember that is what the big man, Al Gore, said in his movie ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. But like so much that Mr Gore says, it just isn’t true.
Consider the 30-odd protesters who held placards outside the breakfast he spoke at this morning in [...]
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Defining the Sceptics (Part 8)
Posted by jennifer, July 13th, 2009 - under Opinion, Uncategorized.
Tags: Philosophy
Comments: 36
“In both evolution and climate change, the majority view of the scientific experts is well ahead. In neither case is there any known coherent alternative. But the complexities of the evidence are such that a higher standard of politeness to sceptics who raise serious problems would be well-advised.”
James Franklin, ‘What Science Knows: And [...]
Real Elephant Car Wash
Posted by jennifer, July 13th, 2009 - under News.
Tags: Plants and Animals
Comments: none
News Reader on BBC Climate Policy
Posted by jennifer, July 13th, 2009 - under News, Opinion.
Tags: climate change
Comments: 1
It is now ‘effectively BBC policy’ to stifle critics of the consensus view on global warming. Read more here.
Fielding the Hard Questions on Climate Change (Part 7)
Posted by jennifer, July 13th, 2009 - under Opinion.
Comments: 10
What was “all over the news” when the [Senator] Fielding issue was perceived to be the political one of exercising a casting vote on carbon dioxide taxation rapidly became unmentionable once the topic became the quality of the science, which our [Australian] media clearly have no capacity to judge. Read more at Quadrant Online.

