1. Ebenezer Scrooge got a bad press By David Rowe December 22, 2006 Charles Dickens’s sentimental 1843 work, A Christmas Carol, delivered to the world a character who has come to embody mean-spiritedness. Ebenezer Scrooge is represented as a cruel, … [Read more...] about Weekend Reading, Christmas 2006
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Interested in the Environment? Looking to do a PhD?
A new partnership between the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) and the University of Queensland has resulted in the creation of a new 'Science and Environment Research Group' and 3 PhD Scholarships in Environmental Science and 1 in Environmental … [Read more...] about Interested in the Environment? Looking to do a PhD?
Thankyou & Best Wishes from Jennifer
There are people who visit this weblog everyday, some once a week, others pop-in after receiving my occasional e-news. Then there are those who just pass through having, for example, googled something like “global warming for dummies”. Last month … [Read more...] about Thankyou & Best Wishes from Jennifer
Season’s Greetings from Motty
Have a cool Yule, y'uall, The Mott family are about to indulge their old man with a week or more at the farm. They will spend a few days lamenting their lot and the absence of TV, Internet and a decent toilet whilst observing, bemused, as dad and … [Read more...] about Season’s Greetings from Motty
Is Global Warming Cool: A Note from Luke
Hi Jennifer, 2006 might be regarded as the year of climate change hysteria or perhaps the year where we had to get serious about attribution and what is and is not global warming. Certainly one could not help but notice various bouts of unseasonal … [Read more...] about Is Global Warming Cool: A Note from Luke
Win for Bob Brown, Loss for Forests
Yesterday the Federal Court in Hobart ruled that logging operations in the Wielangta forest in south-east Tasmania breach an agreement between the Australian and Tasmanian governments and that the logging company does not have an exemption under … [Read more...] about Win for Bob Brown, Loss for Forests