Australia's Malcolm Turnbull has backed off suggestions that the Coalition would wave through Kevin Rudd's emissions trading scheme in the Senate next month after angry Coalition MPs hit out at the Leader of the Opposition yesterday. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Cap n Trade Politics in Australia
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New York Times Changes Storyline on Climate Change
THE New York Times, like most of the mainstream media, is not known for its balanced reporting on climate change. I tend to associate the newspaper with sensational headlines suggesting a full blown climate crisis. But then just yesterday the … [Read more...] about New York Times Changes Storyline on Climate Change
Australian Liberal Party Dumps Climate Sceptic, And
I GATHER Malcolm Turnbull, the leader of Australia’s right of centre party, the Australian Liberal Party, is planning to instruct his senators to support the Emissions Trading Scheme when the Australian federal parliament next sits... ostensibly … [Read more...] about Australian Liberal Party Dumps Climate Sceptic, And
Human Sacrifice for Climate Mitigation
Climate modelling of new data from the Aztec Codex Cihuacoatl has identified a relationship with important implications for global warming mitigation. The research suggests a strong causal pathway exists between climate change and Aztec rituals of … [Read more...] about Human Sacrifice for Climate Mitigation
Meeting the Moral Challenge of Climate Change
UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s citing of Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech in support of his policy of subsidising the construction of many thousands of otherwise uneconomic wind turbines might appear grotesque, even comical; but not if … [Read more...] about Meeting the Moral Challenge of Climate Change