Indonesia needs to squeeze far higher yields from existing palm oil plantations rather than open up more land - but chances are they will do both. Read more here. … [Read more...] about More Palm Oil Plantations in Peatlands
Economist Reports on Climate Conference in New York
SPAIN has business leakage, California has banned all coal-based electricity, cap and trade creates vested interests in property rights – these are some of the issues economist Alan Moran reports on in his summary of the recent Climate Change … [Read more...] about Economist Reports on Climate Conference in New York
Recession Stops Global Warming
Cartoon by Nicholson from ”The Australian” newspaper: http://nicholsoncartoons.com.au … [Read more...] about Recession Stops Global Warming
An Organised Crisis: Notes from Steven Hayward
ONE of the persistent problems with environmentalism is its bait-and-switch character. The essentially political character of the movement cloaks itself with the seemingly objective authority of modern science, as though science were immune from … [Read more...] about An Organised Crisis: Notes from Steven Hayward
Plane found Under 90 metres of Ice
AFTER about ninety minutes of flying through dense cloud cover, the coastal mountains appeared through an opening. But where on the west coast were they ... they were back on the east coast of Greenland... fuel would only last another twenty … [Read more...] about Plane found Under 90 metres of Ice
Asbestos and Rebuilding After the Victorian Bushfires
IN the aftermath of the terrible Victorian bushfires, with more than 200 dead, there has been a lot of recrimination particularly over the issue of control burning – or lack of. Others blame a combination of drought and unprecedented weather … [Read more...] about Asbestos and Rebuilding After the Victorian Bushfires
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
