Earlier in the week British Prime Minister Tony Blair addressed a conference which took place under the climate change agreement reached at the recent meeting of the G8* in Gleneagles, Scotland. This weeks meeting included energy and environment … [Read more...] about Tony Blair Abandons Kyoto – Again
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Don’t Shoot Me
Here's another photograph from my trip to the Northern Territory of Australia (NT), view image (90KB). This crocodile had just snatched a barramundi for afternoon tea. There was much talk in the NT about federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell's … [Read more...] about Don’t Shoot Me
How to Improve the IPCC
London-based critic of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) David Henderson has made some suggestions for reform of the IPCC process in a mini-report titled 'Challenging the IPCC Monopoly: The Way Ahead', Download file (104 … [Read more...] about How to Improve the IPCC
Greenpeace Hits Coral Reef
Greenpeace has been fined $A15,000 after the Rainbow Warrior II sliced through a large coral reef formation as it pulled into the Phillipines as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the importance of protecting coral reefs, including from … [Read more...] about Greenpeace Hits Coral Reef
Tree Clearing in Queensland: One Man’s Battle Against Bureaucracy
About six years ago Ashley McKay a softly spoken cattleman from south western Queensland was prosecuted by the Queensland Government for clearing cypress pine on his property. McKay had a permit to clear trees from the Department of Natural … [Read more...] about Tree Clearing in Queensland: One Man’s Battle Against Bureaucracy
Should We Take a Faith-Based Approach to AGW?
In today's The Age Geoff Strong repeats federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell's announcement of last week in The Australian, and Tim Flannery's recommendation in The Weather Makers, that we should stop debating the science of global warming and … [Read more...] about Should We Take a Faith-Based Approach to AGW?