I believe corporations are just as bad as government in selling out on green issues. Most companies in the Fortune 500 have jumped on the climate change bandwagon. And there are lots of groups out there that will gain from carbon trading if it … [Read more...] about Vested Interests in Emissions Trading
Opinion
AGW is a Thermometer Count Artifact: A note from E.M. Smith
I HAVE been “characterizing” the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) temperature process and how the data are transformed... My conclusion is that the anthropogenic global warming (AGW) “signal” is an artifact of the arrival and departure of … [Read more...] about AGW is a Thermometer Count Artifact: A note from E.M. Smith
Cows Greener than Soy?
I am dismayed that so many people have been so easily fooled on the meat eating and climate change issue following the UN report. The culprit is not meat eating but rather the excesses of corporate/industrial agriculture. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Cows Greener than Soy?
White Bark Pine Trees: A Note on Climate Change from Larry Fields
THE last Ice Age killed off all of the coniferous trees in Finland. After the ice sheet retreated, trees from elsewhere – like the Scots Pine – gradually colonized the vacant niche. On a smaller scale, the same thing happened in many high mountains … [Read more...] about White Bark Pine Trees: A Note on Climate Change from Larry Fields
Malcolm Turnbull Needs to Go
THE release of Malcolm Turnbull's "Greener, Cheaper, Smarter ETS" puts the seal on his demise. You can explain Utegate away as a bizarre, once-in-a-lifetime accident, but the idea that you fight the government's ETS by producing one of your own, is … [Read more...] about Malcolm Turnbull Needs to Go
Defining the Scientific Sceptics (Part 9): John Izzard
IF you are going to set up a new cult, which is what the emissions trading bill [currently before the Australian Senate] is all about, you really have to get in quickly and corner all of the best descriptive and emotive words; seize the moral high … [Read more...] about Defining the Scientific Sceptics (Part 9): John Izzard