A NEW paper by Mike Letnic from the University of Sydney adds more weight to the argument that the best way to save Australia’s small native rodents, in particular the dusky hopping mouse, is to protect the dingo because it also preys on foxes and … [Read more...] about How to Kill a Fox, to Save a Mouse and a Pademelon
Archives for May 2009
Defining the Greens (Part 8)
"What's clear is eco-activists and their allies will do anything to avoid talking about their real goals, which have less to do with cleaning up the environment than with pulling down capitalism." 'What Green Means', Investor Business Daily, … [Read more...] about Defining the Greens (Part 8)
It May Get Even Drier Along the Murray
THERE has been no general decline in rainfall in Australia due to global warming. But it is possible that the Murray Darling Basin, once regarded as the food bowl of Australia, will get even drier. When farmers say that the region has never … [Read more...] about It May Get Even Drier Along the Murray
Computer Software Spins Climate
Where the output of computer software is held in higher regard than observational data, where marketing spin is more important than fact and evidence, and where a trenchant defence of the notion of man-made global warming is seen as paramount... … [Read more...] about Computer Software Spins Climate
UN Boss Not Happy with Australia
R.K. Pachauri, Chair of the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says he hopes that other developed countries are not as vulnerable as Australia to business pressures and lobbies working against stiff carbon emissions targets. … [Read more...] about UN Boss Not Happy with Australia
Changes Announced to Australia’s Proposed Emissions Trading Scheme
SINCE Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister of Australia we have signed Kyoto and there has been a commitment to an Emissions Trading Scheme – what his government calls a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. It was to start next year, but according to a … [Read more...] about Changes Announced to Australia’s Proposed Emissions Trading Scheme
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
