Coal not candles should be the symbol of Earth Hour. It was coal that produced clean electric power which cleared the smog produced by dirty combustion and open fires in big cities like London and Pittsburgh. Much of the third … [Read more...] about Time to Celebrate Coal not Candles: Viv Forbes
Archives for March 2012
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Endorses More ‘Junk Science’
ELEANOR HALL: Australian delegates to an international conference on global sustainability delivered a warning today that the earth is reaching a point where it's changing beyond our control. Almost 3,000 scientists have been in London for the … [Read more...] about Australian Broadcasting Corporation Endorses More ‘Junk Science’
Unbalanced Reporting on Solar Power: Peter Lang
Peter Lang sent a complaint to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) about last night’s 7:30 Report on solar power. Here is a slightly reworded versions with hyperlinks added: “The ABC 7:30 report has improved greatly since Leigh Sales … [Read more...] about Unbalanced Reporting on Solar Power: Peter Lang
Queensland to Dump ‘Green’ Schemes
NEW Queensland Premier, Campbell Newman, orders ex-Queensland Premier's husband, Greg Withers, to kill green schemes. That's according to an article in today's The Australian: "The showpiece of the Gillard government's $1.5 billion Solar … [Read more...] about Queensland to Dump ‘Green’ Schemes
Government Funding Corrupts
“There’s an assumption that private funding must always be acknowledged because it’s dirty, while public funding never needs to be acknowledged, because it’s pure.” Michael Duffy from ABC Radio National Counterpoint made that comment yesterday … [Read more...] about Government Funding Corrupts
But Jonathan Holmes: Your Report Has Not Been Peer-Reviewed and It’s Wrong
LAST Monday on ABC TV’s Media Watch the sniggering Jonathan Holmes suggested that there was something wrong with Peter Ridd peer-reviewing my technical report ‘Plugging the Murray’s Mouth: The Interrupted Evolution of a Barrier Estuary’. Today I … [Read more...] about But Jonathan Holmes: Your Report Has Not Been Peer-Reviewed and It’s Wrong
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
