THE short-listing of Melbourne’s Yarra River for the International Riverprize, billed as the “world’s most prestigious environmental prize”, just goes to highlight how farcical the debate over river health has become. The National Irrigators’ … [Read more...] about Yarra’s prize makes mockery of Murray-Darling ‘crisis’: Danny O’Brien
Archives for June 2011
Outgoing Longwave Radiation and the Greenhouse Effect: Ken Gregory
HAS the greenhouse effect increased with man-made greenhouse gas emissions? Canadian Ken Gregory asks and answers this question concluding… The greenhouse effect as characterized by the normalized greenhouse factor has increased by only 0.19% … [Read more...] about Outgoing Longwave Radiation and the Greenhouse Effect: Ken Gregory
Climate4You Update May 2011
Dear all. Please find below a link which will take you directly to a monthly newsletter with meteorological information updated to May 2011: http://www.climate4you.com/Text/Climate4you_May_2011.pdf All temperatures in this newsletter are … [Read more...] about Climate4You Update May 2011
US Supreme Court Impressed by Climate Sceptic
There was an important ruling last week in the USA. Would-be regulators of carbon dioxide lost an appeal in the Supreme Court. They lost on technical grounds and in the process the Court cautioned, by way of a footnote in the judgement, that … [Read more...] about US Supreme Court Impressed by Climate Sceptic
Irresponsible: SA Politicians Unite Against Upstream Communities and Environments
ADELAIDE in South Australia is a one paper town. Everyone reads the Adelaide Advertiser. Today, as usual, it’s full of parochial chatter including a one page advertisement devoted to a statement from all 23 South Australian Federal MPs (Green, … [Read more...] about Irresponsible: SA Politicians Unite Against Upstream Communities and Environments
Lone Emperor Penguin Arrives New Zealand
Young Emperor Penguin keeps heading north and arrives in New Zealand! This must have something to do with global warming? ;-) … [Read more...] about Lone Emperor Penguin Arrives New Zealand