The Chinese government has warned that a proposed US border tax on carbon sensitive materials "smells of protectionism" and could spark retaliation from developing countries. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Threats of Carbon Trade Wars
News
Quiet Sun Shouldn’t Baffle Astronomers
THE Sun is the dimmest it has been for nearly a century. There are no sunspots, very few solar flares - and our nearest star is the quietest it has been for a very long time. That’s according to a BBC report by Pallab Ghosh, which goes on to … [Read more...] about Quiet Sun Shouldn’t Baffle Astronomers
Jared Diamond Just Keeps Making It Up
JARED Diamond is not a man to spoil a good story for the sake of the truth. Some years ago I reviewed the chapter on Australia in his highly acclaimed book ‘Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive’. I found it full of factual errors … [Read more...] about Jared Diamond Just Keeps Making It Up
On a Tortuous Political Problem: Bob Carter
LAST Wednesday, I had the privilege of appearing in front of the Australian Senate Select Committee on Climate Policy. My main advice to the committee was that making a decision regarding an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) must be considered as a … [Read more...] about On a Tortuous Political Problem: Bob Carter
Scepticism Increasing Under Obama
Public hostility toward George Bush and the Republicans likely expressed itself in part as hostility toward global warming scepticism, with which Bush and the Republicans were identified. As soon as the Republicans lost power, many in the public lost … [Read more...] about Scepticism Increasing Under Obama
Wise Men Excluded from Bushfire Royal Commission
WE were all appalled by the death and destruction that was the Victorian bushfires early this year. On Black Saturday nearly 200 people died. The number of koalas incinerated probably runs into the thousands, the number of native birds dead in the … [Read more...] about Wise Men Excluded from Bushfire Royal Commission
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
