I was at Burrima in the Macquarie Marshes yesterday for the launch of an important piece of research by Gillian Hogendyk: The Macquarie Marshes: An Ecological History, published as an Occasional Paper by the Institute of Public Affairs, September … [Read more...] about The Macquarie Marshes: An Ecological History
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Failed Wheat Crops and a Note from Bill Kininmonth
When somebody is down on their luck they are fair game for getting a cheap swipe. Drought continues [in Australia] and so the rural community are in the gunsights. It is the farmer's environmentally unfriendly land management practices that are … [Read more...] about Failed Wheat Crops and a Note from Bill Kininmonth
Valid Criticism or an Attempt to Discredit Carbon Offsetting?
The following article appered in The Sunday Times on 23rd September: The ‘carbon offset’ child labourers, Indians work off West’s holiday guilt. Extracts: Pumping furiously on a foot treadle in the afternoon heat, six-year-old Sarju Ram is … [Read more...] about Valid Criticism or an Attempt to Discredit Carbon Offsetting?
No! To An Extended Holocene – A Note from Peter Harris
One of the essential prerequisites for the IPCC case for extended global warming is the claim that we face an extended Holocene because orbital geometry now is similar to the 400KY (Stage 11) interglacial which lasted for 28, 000 years. Based on … [Read more...] about No! To An Extended Holocene – A Note from Peter Harris
That Phrase ‘Holocaust Denier’ Again
This article 'Ahmadinejad: The New Boogeyman' compares 'Holocaust denial' to global warming denial: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust. Let me ask this provocative question: so what? Of course, I understand that people have a visceral … [Read more...] about That Phrase ‘Holocaust Denier’ Again
Australia’s Top Policeman: Climate Change ‘a Bigger Threat Than Terrorism’
Climate change 'a bigger threat than terrorism' CLIMATE change, not terrorism, will be the main security issue of the century, with potential to cause death and destruction on an unprecedented scale, Australia's top policeman believes. In a … [Read more...] about Australia’s Top Policeman: Climate Change ‘a Bigger Threat Than Terrorism’