THE Victorian Premier, John Brumby, has waited until New Year’s Eve to announce the end of timber harvesting and grazing in 83,000 hectares of red gum forest in the Central Murray Valley in north western Victoria, Australia. The creation of new … [Read more...] about No ‘Happy New Year’ for Koalas in the Central Murray Valley
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Dishonest Advertising on the ETS: AEF Media Release
GetUp’s global warming television ads (to air today) are dishonest and inaccurate, according to Dr Jennifer Marohasy, Chair of the Australian Environment Foundation. “For all sorts of reasons a number of groups, of which Internet campaigners … [Read more...] about Dishonest Advertising on the ETS: AEF Media Release
Global Warming is Over: Don Easterbrook
IN 2001 geologist Don Easterbook predicted the beginning of a period of global cooling. At a recent meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco he again predicted a period of cooling based in part on correlation between past glacial … [Read more...] about Global Warming is Over: Don Easterbrook
‘Steve Irwin’ Attacks Japanese Whalers
LAST night in The Southern Ocean, anti-whaling campaigners aboard The Steve Irwin rammed the Kaiko Maru from the starboard rear side. According to the Japanese whalers: The incident occurred when the Kaiko Maru was undertaking a detour in the ice … [Read more...] about ‘Steve Irwin’ Attacks Japanese Whalers
Best Blog Posts of 2008
EACH year On Line Opinion and Club Troppo collaborate to publish a Best Blogs feature in January, which features the best blog pieces from the previous year selected from reader nominations. This year they are doing it again. What was the best … [Read more...] about Best Blog Posts of 2008
Shortage of Christmas Trees
Total production of Nordmann firs in Europe is about 30 million trees per year while the demand is 33 million to 35 million. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Shortage of Christmas Trees
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
