IN the south east of Tasmania, there was once a thriving timber town known as Wielangata. In its heyday it had a general store, bakery, blacksmiths’ shops, school and of course several saw mills. Wielangta was ravaged by bushfires in the 1920s and … [Read more...] about The Already Bankrupt Brown Green
Opinion
In Defence of ‘Heaven and Earth’
IN the following open letter to the President of the Australian Academy of Science, William Kininmonth explains that the science of climate change is 'not settled' and if the scientific community is to get to a position where it can confidently … [Read more...] about In Defence of ‘Heaven and Earth’
A Green Argues for Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy may well be that backup, or indeed (as I suspect) a mainstay for future energy generation in Australia and worldwide... there is a technology ...called integral fast reactor nuclear power, which burns up 99 per cent of the nuclear … [Read more...] about A Green Argues for Nuclear Energy
More on the ‘Sceptics Conference’ in Washington
Stressing the need for reporters to do a much better job on their fact-checking, Dr Michaels dissected assertions such as that 49 percent of the US is in drought conditions, that California bushfires are a result of global warming, and that warming … [Read more...] about More on the ‘Sceptics Conference’ in Washington
The Daily Telegraph on Steve Fielding
Steve Fielding, in just one trip to Washington, has discovered what he does not know about global warming ... Fielding’s finding is of historic proportion. He has returned with a series of serious questions about the Rudd Government’s agenda that go … [Read more...] about The Daily Telegraph on Steve Fielding
Fielding the Hard Questions on Climate Change
THE Australian Government has committed itself to an emissions trading scheme (known as 'cap and trade' in the US) in its fight against climate change. The legislation passed the lower house last week but is expecting to be defeated in the Senate … [Read more...] about Fielding the Hard Questions on Climate Change
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
