Tomorrow, July 1, Australia gets the carbon tax the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, promised she would never introduce. The nation’s 500 “biggest polluters” will start paying a $23-a-tonne carbon price. Retired geologist and engineer, Peter Lang, … [Read more...] about What the Carbon Tax and ETS will Really Cost: Peter Lang
Archives for June 2012
Save the Carbon, Harvest the Forest?
Government policies across the world generally favour locking-up forests for carbon sequestration. But a new study by the NSW Government’s Department of Primary Industries suggests: Total greenhouse gas emissions abatement and carbon storage from a … [Read more...] about Save the Carbon, Harvest the Forest?
Act Locally to Axe the Tax
Dear Supporters, In the next few days we will be launching a poster campaign to coincide with the introduction of the Carbon TAX. The campaign will consist of distributing this poster … [Read more...] about Act Locally to Axe the Tax
Rio+20 Was Different
'APPARENTLY, the Rio + 20 Conference ended on Friday. The word apparently is used jokingly. Saturday's headlines of both the New York Times and the Washington Post failed to include any mention of the closing of the conference. These "newspapers of … [Read more...] about Rio+20 Was Different
Abbot and Marohasy Join Chinese Climate Science Community
WESTERN science, along with western civilization appears to be in terminal decline.[1] China has shot into second place in terms of number of scientific articles that are published in international journals and Chinese scientists are set to take the … [Read more...] about Abbot and Marohasy Join Chinese Climate Science Community
The Long and Costly War on Carbon: Viv Forbes
'The Australian government claims that next month's tax on carbon dioxide cannot be blamed for today's soaring costs of living. This tax, however, is just their latest assault in the decades-long war on carbon that is already inflating the cost … [Read more...] about The Long and Costly War on Carbon: Viv Forbes
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.