An expedition team which set sail from Plymouth on a 5,000-mile carbon emission-free trip to Greenland have been rescued by an oil tanker. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Greens Rescued by Big Oil
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How to Kill a Fox, to Save a Mouse and a Pademelon
A NEW paper by Mike Letnic from the University of Sydney adds more weight to the argument that the best way to save Australia’s small native rodents, in particular the dusky hopping mouse, is to protect the dingo because it also preys on foxes and … [Read more...] about How to Kill a Fox, to Save a Mouse and a Pademelon
It May Get Even Drier Along the Murray
THERE has been no general decline in rainfall in Australia due to global warming. But it is possible that the Murray Darling Basin, once regarded as the food bowl of Australia, will get even drier. When farmers say that the region has never … [Read more...] about It May Get Even Drier Along the Murray
UN Boss Not Happy with Australia
R.K. Pachauri, Chair of the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says he hopes that other developed countries are not as vulnerable as Australia to business pressures and lobbies working against stiff carbon emissions targets. … [Read more...] about UN Boss Not Happy with Australia
Changes Announced to Australia’s Proposed Emissions Trading Scheme
SINCE Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister of Australia we have signed Kyoto and there has been a commitment to an Emissions Trading Scheme – what his government calls a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. It was to start next year, but according to a … [Read more...] about Changes Announced to Australia’s Proposed Emissions Trading Scheme
First Carbon Billionaire?
Al Gore is now worth $100 million and with cap and trade he will be worth even more. Read more here. … [Read more...] about First Carbon Billionaire?
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
