SCOTT Pruitt heads the US Environmental Protection Agency. Last year he was planning to visit Australia, and the proposed agenda did include a two-hour roundtable with me and colleagues from three Australian universities. Some of this is … [Read more...] about Guilty of Agreeing to Meet with Scott Pruitt
Wine and Climate Change in Australia – Journalist Michael Brissenden Just Makes Stuff-Up
MICHAEL Brissenden, considered one of Australia’s most experienced journalists, failed on so many counts with the Four Corners documentary ‘Weather Alert’. He suggested that wine grower’s Brown Brothers are relocating at least part of their … [Read more...] about Wine and Climate Change in Australia – Journalist Michael Brissenden Just Makes Stuff-Up
Complaint Lodged Against Four Corners’ Weather Alert
JO NOVA began a recent blog post" After years of telling skeptics that you don't ask a plumber to do heart surgery, the ABC "Weather Alert! last Monday was 90% plumbers. The formerly iconic FourCorners "public affairs" show crafted a 43 … [Read more...] about Complaint Lodged Against Four Corners’ Weather Alert
Sarah Ferguson and Michael Brissenden Withhold Important Information from the Australian Public Concerning Climate Change
Australian politicians, and the media they sponsor, have been throwing their hands in the air and screaming unprecedented climate change - particularly over the last two weeks. A focus has been on the record number of new record hot days. But in … [Read more...] about Sarah Ferguson and Michael Brissenden Withhold Important Information from the Australian Public Concerning Climate Change
‘Kill Climate Deniers’ – Now Showing at a Sydney Theatre
JUST two generations back, in the 1960s, mainstream Australian society shunned both unmarried pregnant women and also homosexuals. They were loathed, and it would have been considered reasonable for the local police to turn-a-blind eye should … [Read more...] about ‘Kill Climate Deniers’ – Now Showing at a Sydney Theatre
BoM Blast for Dubious Record Hot Day
IN September 2017, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) claimed a series of new record hot days across south eastern Australia, including on 23 September at Mildura. At that time, the mainstream media reported this as a new record for the … [Read more...] about BoM Blast for Dubious Record Hot Day