EARLIER this year the suffering from the Victorian bushfires, and that video of the fire fighter giving a koala a drink of water in a burnt-out forest, captured the imagination of people around the world. At the time some media outlets blamed … [Read more...] about Bushfire Royal Commission to Focus on the Politically Possible
Archives for April 2009
Kyoto Not Working for the EU
The EU's emissions trading scheme has so far failed to deliver any reductions in CO2 emissions while at the same time strangling energy-efficiency investment in the electricity sector. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Kyoto Not Working for the EU
Threats of Carbon Trade Wars
The Chinese government has warned that a proposed US border tax on carbon sensitive materials "smells of protectionism" and could spark retaliation from developing countries. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Threats of Carbon Trade Wars
Quiet Sun Shouldn’t Baffle Astronomers
THE Sun is the dimmest it has been for nearly a century. There are no sunspots, very few solar flares - and our nearest star is the quietest it has been for a very long time. That’s according to a BBC report by Pallab Ghosh, which goes on to … [Read more...] about Quiet Sun Shouldn’t Baffle Astronomers
Defining the Greens (Part 4)
ALL Greens have a deep passionate desire to make sure we live well without doing serious damage to the environment, but apart from that are a motley lot impossible to accurately define. This is one of the messages that have emerged from my series … [Read more...] about Defining the Greens (Part 4)
Jared Diamond Just Keeps Making It Up
JARED Diamond is not a man to spoil a good story for the sake of the truth. Some years ago I reviewed the chapter on Australia in his highly acclaimed book ‘Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive’. I found it full of factual errors … [Read more...] about Jared Diamond Just Keeps Making It Up
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
