IT is terribly unfashionable to admit it, but I’ve just never been able to believe that the late 20th Century was particularly warm. This admission despite ‘the hockey stick’ graph that featured so prominently in the United Nation’s third IPCC … [Read more...] about The Apple on the Banana Again: Marcott Admits Temperature Spike Not Robust
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Global Temperature Update to February 2013
"On average, global air temperatures were somewhat below the 1998-2006 average, although with large regional differences... "The global oceanic heat content has been rather stable since 2003/2004... The above quotes and charts are … [Read more...] about Global Temperature Update to February 2013
Absurd Murray Darling Basin Plan Now Irreversible
THE key plank of the national water reform agenda in Australia, the Murray Darling Basin Plan, was presented to the Australian Parliament on 22nd November 2012, and was passed with the support of the Coalition on 29th November. There was a … [Read more...] about Absurd Murray Darling Basin Plan Now Irreversible
FOIA, Government-funded Climate science and Hole-digging
FOIA is a recognised shorthand for Freedom of Information Act. Legislation by this name has existed in the USA since 1966, Australia since 1982 and the UK legislation was introduced in 2000. It was climate scientists at the Climatic Research Unit, … [Read more...] about FOIA, Government-funded Climate science and Hole-digging
Media Rules Prohibit Dissent
MODERN history suggests that democracy aligns, and progresses, with the expansion of civil liberties, including access by ordinary citizens to government information. But the new media reform bills tabled in [Australian] federal Parliament last week … [Read more...] about Media Rules Prohibit Dissent
Climategate 3: Thank you Mr FOIA
SOMEONE hacked into the Climatic Research Unit, CRU, at the University of East Anglia and published thousands of confidential emails between leading climate scientists online in November 2009 [1]. Many of the emails showed that leading proponents of … [Read more...] about Climategate 3: Thank you Mr FOIA