A rural town in Australia has voted overwhelmingly to ban the sale of bottled water over concerns about its environmental impact. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Ban Bottled Water
Good Causes
Join the Protest in Melbourne
All members of the community sceptical that CO2 causes climate change are most welcome to join in an "Educational protest" outside where Al Gore will be giving a speech at Docklands peninsula, Melbourne, on Monday 13th July. … [Read more...] about Join the Protest in Melbourne
Defining the Sceptics (Part 4)
“GROWING up as your daughter, you have always taught me to live with an open mind, and to seek out facts before I choose a side of the fence whether it be agreeing or disagreeing with your own.” This comment from Caroline Marohasy represents to me … [Read more...] about Defining the Sceptics (Part 4)
Masses Protest for More Government
Hundreds of environmental activists took to the streets of Australia's main cities on Saturday, saying the Labor government was not doing enough on climate change. The protests came ahead of a vote in the upper house Senate next week on the … [Read more...] about Masses Protest for More Government
An Opportunity for Ordinary Australians to Oppose the ETS
IT would be difficult to justify an emissions trading scheme (ETS) that imposed large costs for purely symbolic benefit during a period of prosperity - it is absurd to consider as much during a financial crisis. Given the outcry the Rudd … [Read more...] about An Opportunity for Ordinary Australians to Oppose the ETS
Orwellian
WITH the rise of big government convinced that belief in a climate crisis will be good for us, it is perhaps pertinent to remember George Orwell and his novel ‘1984’. The term ‘Orwellian’, his idea that wellbeing is crushed by restrictive, … [Read more...] about Orwellian
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
