"The bill imposes cuts on greenhouse-gas emissions and creates a cap-and-trade system requiring power plants, manufacturers and other polluters to buy emissions allowances... "To convince skeptical Democrats to back the bill ... agreed to lower … [Read more...] about US House of Reps Committee passes Climate Bill
Opinion
Who’s Afraid of Genetically Modified Bread?
CANADIAN, US and Australian wheat organisations recently released a joint statement asking for the development and commercialization of higher yielding varieties through biotechnology – through genetic modification. Clearly wheat farmers are … [Read more...] about Who’s Afraid of Genetically Modified Bread?
Business That Sees Only Profit In Environmentalism: A Note from Bjorn Lomborg
"SOME business leaders are cozying up with politicians and scientists to demand swift, drastic action on global warming. This is a new twist on a very old practice: companies using public policy to line their own pockets. "The tight relationship … [Read more...] about Business That Sees Only Profit In Environmentalism: A Note from Bjorn Lomborg
Ravens, Right Relationships and Ice Trucks
IN Canada’s remote freezing Northwest Territories, near the diamond mine of Ekati, a black raven follows ice road trucks. A youtube video has been made of the bird’s antics which include surfing the turbulence created by the big … [Read more...] about Ravens, Right Relationships and Ice Trucks
Defining the Greens (Part 11)
ASK a forest worker from Tasmania, a commercial fisherman from South Australia, a sugarcane grower from Queensland or a cattle producer from New South Wales what they think of Greens and a common complaint will be that “Greens tell … [Read more...] about Defining the Greens (Part 11)
An Opportunity for Ordinary Australians to Oppose the ETS
IT would be difficult to justify an emissions trading scheme (ETS) that imposed large costs for purely symbolic benefit during a period of prosperity - it is absurd to consider as much during a financial crisis. Given the outcry the Rudd … [Read more...] about An Opportunity for Ordinary Australians to Oppose the ETS
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
